音标:['kɒntinәnt] ; 柯林斯词典等级:3 级; 牛津三千核心词汇;
n. 大陆, 洲
a. 自制的
n. one of the large landmasses of the earth
n. the European mainland
a. having control over urination and defecation
词型变化:名词复数形式 : continents
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continent的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. The discovery of the new continent is usually referred to Columbus.人们通常认为新大陆是哥伦布发现的。
  2. There are seven continents in the world.世界上有七大洲。
  3. Asia is the largest continent on Earth.亚洲是地球上最大的洲。
  4. Many people embark at Dover for the Continent.许多前往欧洲大陆的人都在多佛搭船。

常见句型

用作名词(n.)
  1. The bank's scope is worldwide, in forty-three countries on all the five continents.银行的业务范围是全球性的,活动遍布于所有五大洲的43个国家。
  2. He's gone for a holiday on the Continent— Italy,I think.他已去欧洲大陆度假了——我想是去意大利了。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)
动词+~
  • cross a continent横越大陆
  • discover a continent发现大陆
  • explore a continent考察大陆
  • inhabit a continent在大陆上定居
  • traverse a continent横越大陆
形容词+~
  • Asian continent亚洲大陆
  • entire continent整个大陆
  • European continent欧洲大陆
  • new continent新大陆
介词+~
  • on the continent在…大陆
~+介词
  • continent of Africa and Asia非洲大陆和亚洲大陆

经典引文

  • Stealing from the significance of the content by the meretricious grandeur of the continent.

    出自:G. Macdonald
  • My desire all continent impediments would o'erbear That did oppose my will.

    出自:Macbeth,Shakespeare
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