continent
英 ['kɒntɪnənt]
美['kɑntɪnənt]
- n. 大陆，洲，陆地
- adj. 自制的，克制的
词态变化
复数: continents;名词: continence;
助记提示
1. con- "together" + tin- + -ent.
2. => hold together, keep together, enclose.
3. 由此得出两种引申义：一、既然是握在一起的，那么就引申为“连续的，衔接在一起的”；二、既然被圈在一起、禁锢在一起，那么就引申义“节制、克制”。
4. continent (n.): 取第一种引申义，表示：continuous land. 表示连续的一片陆地；由此引申义：large land mass.
5. from continent land, translating Latin terra continens "continuous land".
6. continent (adj.): 取第二种引申义。
2. => hold together, keep together, enclose.
3. 由此得出两种引申义：一、既然是握在一起的，那么就引申为“连续的，衔接在一起的”；二、既然被圈在一起、禁锢在一起，那么就引申义“节制、克制”。
4. continent (n.): 取第一种引申义，表示：continuous land. 表示连续的一片陆地；由此引申义：large land mass.
5. from continent land, translating Latin terra continens "continuous land".
6. continent (adj.): 取第二种引申义。
中文词源
continent 洲，大陆
con-, 强调。-tin, 持，握，词源同contain, tenable. 即一块未分割的土地，大陆。
英文词源
- continent
- continent: [14] Continent comes via Old French from Latin continēns, the present participle of continēre ‘hold together, enclose, contain’ (source of English contain). From the beginning it meant in general ‘exercising self-restraint’; of the more specific senses, ‘chaste’ developed in the 14th century and ‘able to retain urine and faeces’ apparently in the early 19th century.
The word’s noun use developed from the Latin phrase terra continēns ‘continuous land’ (for this sense of Latin continēre see CONTINUE). It was at first applied in the 16th century to any large continuous expanse of territory, and from the early 17th century specifically to any of the Earth’s major landmasses (the English use of ‘the Continent’ for mainland Europe is roughly contemporary with this).
=> contain, content, continue, countenance - continent (adj.)
- late 14c., "self-restraining," from Old French continent and directly from Latin continentem (nominative continens) "holding together, continuous," present participle of continere "hold together" (see contain). Meaning moved from "exercising self-restraint" to "chaste" 14c., and to bowel and bladder control 19c.
- continent (n.)
- "large land mass," 1550s, from continent land (mid-15c.), translating Latin terra continens "continuous land," from continens, present participle of continere (see continent (adj.)).
双语例句
- 1. Its shops are among the most stylish on the Continent.
- 其店铺跻身欧陆最时尚的店铺之列。
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- 2. The title track is a pointed meditation on a continent gone wrong.
- 主打歌是对一个误入歧途的大陆的深刻沉思。
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- 3. The American continent's geography severely limited the lines of attack.
- 美洲大陆的地形严重限制了进攻路线。
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- 4. We import an incredible amount of cheese from the Continent.
- 我们从欧洲大陆进口数量惊人的奶酪。
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- 5. Natural disasters have obvi-ously contributed to the continent's economic crisis.
- 很显然，自然灾害也是造成该大陆经济危机的原因之一。
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