Mediterranean怎么读
音标：美[,mɛdətə'renɪən]
Mediterranean是什么意思
- n. 地中海
- adj. 地中海的
中文词源
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。
英文词源
- 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-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.
Mediterranean的双语例句
- 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》
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