continents

英 [ˈkɒntɪnənts]

美 [ˈkɑntənənts]

n.  大陆; 陆地; 洲; 欧洲大陆(不包括英国和爱尔兰)
continent的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 大陆;洲
  Acontinentis a very large area of land, such as Africa or Asia, that consists of several countries.
  1. She loved the African continent...
     她热爱非洲大陆。
  2. Dinosaurs evolved when most continents were joined in a single land mass.
     恐龙进化的时候，多数大陆连为一体。
• N-PROPER (指英国之外的)欧洲大陆
  People sometimes usethe Continentto refer to the continent of Europe except for Britain.
  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。

双语例句

• Five-circle represents the unification and friendship of the five continents.
  五环代表了五大洲的团结和友谊。
• 68 countries from the five continents and 26 international organizations will be participating in the Expo` 99.
  来自世界五大洲的68个国家和26个国际组织将参加本届99世博会。
• The names of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.
  各大洲的英文名中，第一个字母和最后一个字母相同。
• They would have lived on two continents and sampled two different ways of life.
  他们要住在和这里截然不同的大陆上，过截然不同的生活。
• This is going to create shifts for the continents, oceans, and waterways.
  这是即将为陆地，海洋和水道创造转移。
• I live on the continents of Europe, Asia and Africa.
  我住在欧洲，亚洲和非洲大陆。
• The bank's scope is worldwide, in forty three countries on all the five continents.
  银行的业务范围是全球性的，活动遍布于所有五大洲的43个国家。
• Oceans serve as the main arteries of transportation between continents.
  海洋是各大陆间的主要运输渠道。
• When healthcare systems are ranked throughout the world, European countries generally do better than those on other continents.
  对全世界医疗保健系统的比较中，欧洲国家普遍比其他国家在那些方面做得更好。
• The seas are rising and the continents are rocking.
  四海翻腾，五洲震荡。