continent
英 ['k?nt?n?nt]
美 ['kɑnt?n?nt]
助記提示
1. con- "together" + tin- + -ent.
2. => hold together, keep together, enclose.
3. 由此得出兩種引申義：一、既然是握在一起的，那么就引申為“連續的，銜接在一起的”；二、既然被圈在一起、禁錮在一起，那么就引申義“節制、克制”。
4. continent (n.): 取第一種引申義，表示：continuous land. 表示連續的一片陸地；由此引申義：large land mass.
5. from continent land, translating Latin terra continens "continuous land".
6. continent (adj.): 取第二種引申義。
中文詞源
continent 洲，大陸con-, 強調。-tin, 持，握，詞源同contain, tenable. 即一塊未分割的土地，大陸。
英文詞源
- 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.)).
雙語例句
- 1. Its shops are among the most stylish on the Continent.
- 其店鋪躋身歐陸最時尚的店鋪之列。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The title track is a pointed meditation on a continent gone wrong.
- 主打歌是對一個誤入歧途的大陸的深刻沉思。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The American continent's geography severely limited the lines of attack.
- 美洲大陸的地形嚴重限制了進攻路線。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. We import an incredible amount of cheese from the Continent.
- 我們從歐洲大陸進口數量驚人的奶酪。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Natural disasters have obvi-ously contributed to the continent's economic crisis.
- 很顯然，自然災害也是造成該大陸經濟危機的原因之一。
來自柯林斯例句