Continental
[kɒntɪ'nent(ə)l] or [,kɑntɪ'nɛntl]
解釋/意思:
(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' .
編輯:莎蒂--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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.
編輯:马里奥
例句/造句/用法:
- 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. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- 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. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- 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. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- 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. 維萊特.
- Into this you will step, and you will reach Victoria in time for the Continental express. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- An unpleasant odour would not be objected to; it is not objected to now in many continental hotels. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The earthenware and soapstone stoves of continental Europe were used long before the present century. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Thus, also, it is that continental productions have everywhere become so largely naturalised on islands. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- The breach came in 1811, when Alexander withdrew from the Continental System. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The species of all kinds which inhabit oceanic islands are few in number compared with those on equal continental areas: Alph. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- The Morse Code is largely used in America, and a modification of it, called the Continental Code, in Europe. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- I have had a continental education, and though I can't spell, I have abundant accomplishments. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- 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·薩克雷. 名利場.
- 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. 維萊特.
- 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. 維萊特.
編輯:珀西