Australia
[ɒ'streɪlɪə] or [ɔ'streljə]
解释:
(noun.) a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony.
(noun.) the smallest continent; between the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean.
艾维斯编辑--From WordNet
娱乐性解释：
n. A country lying in the South Sea whose industrial and commercial development has been unspeakably retarded by an unfortunate dispute among geographers as to whether it is a continent or an island.
整理:尼古拉斯
例句:
- Thus the southern shores of America, Australia, and New Zealand may have become slightly tinted by the same peculiar forms of life. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- This process is going on in Northwest India and Australia. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Can I be so weak as to imagine that Mr. Micawber, wielding the rod of talent and of power in Australia, will be nothing in England? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- Deep, said Wemmick, as Australia. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- Nursed her as a baby, and came with her to England when they first left Australia, eighteen months ago. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- The north pole will rush to the south, and the headlands of Europe be locked into the bays of Australia ere I forget. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- In Australia the problem of the transmission to the natives of various diseases, even by Europeans in apparent health, confronted his intelligence. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- In the summer I shall go to America; and then, by a plan not yet settled, I shall go to Australia and round to India. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- There is a strong presumption that the person whom McCarthy expected to meet him at Boscombe Pool was someone who had been in Australia. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- Clarke has lately maintained that this island, as well as New Caledonia, should be considered as appurtenances of Australia. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- The boat was now somewhere south of the Suez Canal on her way to Australia. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- Osborne patented in Australia, and in 1861 in the United States, a transfer process which gave such great impetus to the art that he may be considered its founder and chief promotor. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- Here are some people David knows, going out to Australia shortly. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- It is to be found everywhere, even to the steppes of Asia, the plains of Australia, and the ice fields of the Arctic. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- The largest landed proprietor in that part is a Mr. John Turner, who made his money in Australia and returned some years ago to the old country. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
手打:普里西拉