Continental
[kɒntɪ'nent(ə)l] or [,kɑntɪ'nɛntl]
解释:
(adj.) being or concerning or limited to a continent especially the continents of North America or Europe; 'the continental United States'; 'continental Europe'; 'continental waters' .
(adj.) of or relating to or characteristic of a continent; 'the continental divide'; 'continental drift' .
(adj.) of or pertaining to or typical of Europe; 'a Continental breakfast' .
(adj.) of or relating to or concerning the American colonies during and immediately after the American Revolutionary War; 'the Continental Army'; 'the Continental Congress' .
编辑:莎蒂--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Of or pertaining to a continent.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the main land of Europe, in distinction from the adjacent islands, especially England; as, a continental tour; a continental coalition.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the confederated colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary War; as, Continental money.
(n.) A soldier in the Continental army, or a piece of the Continental currency. See Continental, a., 3.
编辑:马里奥
例句:
- There was a factory in Lancaster where arms were being made for the Continental troops, and Quicksilver Bob was given the run of the place. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- The flood and storms did more harm to continental Europe than to us--giving, as it were, the last blow to the calamities which destroyed it. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- The Loyalist movement that took to Nova Scotia so many Americans after the War of Independence carried with it John, the son of this stalwart Continental. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- The continental female is quite a different being to the insular female of the same age and class: I never saw such eyes and brows in England. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- Into this you will step, and you will reach Victoria in time for the Continental express. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- An unpleasant odour would not be objected to; it is not objected to now in many continental hotels. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- The earthenware and soapstone stoves of continental Europe were used long before the present century. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- Thus, also, it is that continental productions have everywhere become so largely naturalised on islands. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- The breach came in 1811, when Alexander withdrew from the Continental System. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- The species of all kinds which inhabit oceanic islands are few in number compared with those on equal continental areas: Alph. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- The Morse Code is largely used in America, and a modification of it, called the Continental Code, in Europe. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- I have had a continental education, and though I can't spell, I have abundant accomplishments. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- He preferred a continental life, he said, and declined to join in housekeeping with his sister and her husband. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- That same evening I obtained from my friend, the waiter, information respecting, the sailing of vessels for a certain continental portBoue-Marine. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- With vicious relish he brought up the most spicy current continental historical falsehoods--than which nothing can be conceived more offensive. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
编辑:珀西