Mediterranean
美[,m?d?t?'ren??n]
- n. 地中海
- adj. 地中海的
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中文詞源
Mediterranean 地中海的
med-,中間的，詞源同middle,-terr,土地，大地，詞源同terrain.即大地中間的海，后詞義專有化指地中海。
英文詞源
- Mediterranean
- "the sea between southern Europe and northern Africa," c. 1400, from Late Latin Mediterraneum mare "Mediterranean Sea" (7c.), from Latin mediterraneus "midland;" the original sense being of "sea in the middle of the earth," from medius "middle" (see medial (adj.)) + terra "land, earth" (see terrain). The Old English name was Wendel-s?, so called for the Vandals, Germanic tribe that settled on the southwest coast of it after the fall of Rome. The noun meaning "a person of Mediterranean race" is from 1888.
雙語例句
- 1. Britain bakes in a Mediterranean heatwave.
- 地中海的熱浪炙烤著英國。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Mediterranean oat held to be progenitor of modern cultivated oat.
- 地中海地區(qū)燕麥,被認(rèn)為是現(xiàn)代栽種燕麥的祖先.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. An American naval force is showing the flag in various Mediterranean ports.
- 美國的海軍力量在地中海的多個港口炫耀武力.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. The Mediterranean Sea boiled with the storm.
- 暴風(fēng)雨中地中海波濤洶涌.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. The houses are Mediterranean in character.
- 這些房子都屬地中海風(fēng)格.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》