Polynesia

英 [,pɔli'ni:zjə; -ʒiə] 美
  • n. 玻里尼西亚(中太平洋的岛群)
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Polynesia 波利尼西亚

南太平洋群岛。来自poly-,多,复,聚,-nesia,岛,词源同Indonesia.

Polynesia (n.)
1758, Latinization of French polynésie, coined 1756 by French writer Charles de Brosses (1709-1777) in "Histoire des navigations aux terres australes, contenant ce que l'on sait des moeurs et des productions des contrées découvertes jusqu'à ce jour" (and first in English in a review of it), coined from Greek polys "many" (see poly-) + nesos "island" (see Chersonese). Related: Polynesian.
1. Maggie's head was spinning in a daze of ultramarine blue far removed from Catholicism or Polynesia.
麦琪的思想远离天主教而沉入了让人眼花缭乱的深蓝色中.

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2. The Maori came from the island of Polynesia in the Pacific.
毛利人来自太平洋的波利尼西亚岛屿.

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3. It abuts the Tropic of Cancer, constituted the Polynesia archipelago north vanguard.
它紧靠北回归线, 构成了波利尼西亚群岛的北方前锋.

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4. The Polynesia Island lies in the Pacific.
波利尼西亚岛在太平洋上.

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5. The islands of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia.
夏威夷以东南的密克罗尼西亚中的一组岛屿.

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