| 单词 | continent |
| 释义 | continent /kon"tn euhnt/, n. 1. one of the main landmasses of the globe, usually reckoned as seven in number (Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Australia, and Antarctica). 2. a comparable landmass on another planet. 3. the mainland, as distinguished from islands or peninsulas. 4. the Continent, the mainland of Europe, as distinguished from the British Isles. 5. a continuous tract or extent, as of land. 6. Archaic. something that serves as a container or boundary. adj. 7. exercising or characterized by restraint in relation to the desires or passions and esp. to sexual desires; temperate. 8. able to control urinary and fecal discharge. 9. Obs. containing; being a container; capacious. 10. Obs. restraining or restrictive. 11. Obs. continuous; forming an uninterrupted tract, as land. [1350-1400; ME < L continent- (s. of continens, prp. of continere to CONTAIN), equiv. to con- CON- + -tin-, comb. form of ten- hold + -ent- -ENT] |
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