单词:continent
a. 自制的
n. the European mainland
a. having control over urination and defecation
考试类型:[高考/四级/六级/考研/托福/GRE]
continent的用法和样例:
例句
- 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。
- There are seven continents in the world.世界上有七大洲。
- Asia is the largest continent on Earth.亚洲是地球上最大的洲。
- 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
- 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。
- 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
- 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
- Asian continent亚洲大陆
- entire continent整个大陆
- European continent欧洲大陆
- new continent新大陆
- on the continent在…大陆
- 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. MacdonaldMy desire all continent impediments would o'erbear That did oppose my will.
出自:Macbeth,Shakespeare
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