Arctic
['ɑːktɪk] or ['ɑrktɪk]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow.
(noun.) the regions to the north of the Arctic Circle centered on the North Pole.
(adj.) extremely cold; 'an arctic climate'; 'a frigid day'; 'gelid waters of the North Atlantic'; 'glacial winds'; 'icy hands'; 'polar weather' .
整理:彼得--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Pertaining to, or situated under, the northern constellation called the Bear; northern; frigid; as, the arctic pole, circle, region, ocean; an arctic expedition, night, temperature.
(n.) The arctic circle.
(n.) A warm waterproof overshoe.
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同義詞及近義詞：
a. Northern, boreal.
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例句/造句/用法:
- The kelps are abundant, covering thousands of square miles in the Pacific Ocean, from Mexico to the Arctic Ocean. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Perhaps it sent out arms to the Arctic Ocean. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- De Long, who had an earnest and protracted conversation with Edison over the Arctic expedition he was undertaking with the aid of Mr. James Gordon Bennett, of the New York Herald. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Back she came, however, laughing, and eager to aid in removing the arctic disguise. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- And he looked so new, unbroached, pure as an arctic thing. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Because of that change which occurs in the color of its fur at different seasons--by far most marked in the Arctic regions--it is not generally known that the ermine and stoat are the same. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- When we reach the Arctic regions, or snow-capped summits, or absolute deserts, the struggle for life is almost exclusively with the elements. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- 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. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Not until we reach the extreme confines of life, in the Arctic regions or on the borders of an utter desert, will competition cease. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- I found that he had been in command of a whaler which was due to return from the Arctic seas at the very time when my father was crossing to Norway. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Watson has remarked, in receding from polar toward equatorial latitudes, the Alpine or mountain flora really become less and less Arctic. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- An arctic fauna, musk ox, woolly mammoth, woolly rhinoceros, lemming, ushers in the Pleistocene. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- In 1852 the United States mail steamer Arctic, of the Collins line, was regarded as the greyhound of the Atlantic, her time being 9 days, 17 hours and 12 minutes. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
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