| 单词 | continental |
| 释义 | continental (once / 966 pages) 1adj 2adj WORD FAMILY continental: continentally, intercontinental, transcontinental+/continent: continence, continency, continental, continently, continents, incontinent, subcontinent/incontinence: incontinences/incontinency: incontinencies/incontinent: incontinence, incontinency, incontinently/transcontinental: transcontinentally USAGE EXAMPLESThree countries, he added, have the technical knowhow and financial wherewithal to operate a signals-intelligence station close to the continental U.S.: Wall Street Journal(Nov 30, 2016) In July, authorities announced four cases in which mosquitoes in Florida had transmitted the virus, the first such instances in the continental United States. Los Angeles Times(Nov 28, 2016) Audubon Society senior director of science and conservation Milan Bull says it would be the first avian extinction in the continental U.S. since 1931. Seattle Times(Nov 27, 2016) 1 1adj of or relating to or characteristic of a continent the continental divide continental drift 2adj being or concerning or limited to a continent especially the continents of North America or Europe 2the continental United States continental Europe continental waters Syn|Ant continent-wide involving the entire continent transcontinentalspanning or crossing or on the farther side of a continent intercontinental extending or taking place between or among continents world-wide, worldwidespanning or extending throughout the entire world adj of or relating to or concerning the American colonies during and immediately after the American Revolutionary War Continental (once / 1057 pages) adj WORD FAMILY Continental: Continentally+/Continent: Continental, Continents USAGE EXAMPLESThirty Hessians were killed, and two Continental soldiers froze to death on the march. Seattle Times(Dec 25, 2016) But the press corps is rushing to euphemize Mr. Obama’s “creative” interpretation of a “rarely used” provision of the 1953 Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. Wall Street Journal(Dec 21, 2016) Journalists were not allowed to attend the Constitutional Convention, nor were they allowed into early state legislatures or the Continental Congress. Time(Dec 20, 2016) adj of or pertaining to or typical of Europe a Continental breakfast |
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