Mediterranean
美 [,mɛdətə'renɪən]
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Mediterranean 地中海的med-,中间的，词源同middle,-terr,土地，大地，词源同terrain.即大地中间的海，后词义专有化指地中海。
- 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-sæ, 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.
- 1. Britain bakes in a Mediterranean heatwave.
- 地中海的热浪炙烤着英国。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Mediterranean oat held to be progenitor of modern cultivated oat.
- 地中海地区燕麦,被认为是现代栽种燕麦的祖先.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. An American naval force is showing the flag in various Mediterranean ports.
- 美国的海军力量在地中海的多个港口炫耀武力.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. The Mediterranean Sea boiled with the storm.
- 暴风雨中地中海波涛汹涌.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. The houses are Mediterranean in character.
- 这些房子都属地中海风格.
来自《简明英汉词典》
