| 词汇 | continent |
| 词根词缀 | 词源： late 14c., adj., "self-restraining," from L. continentem (nom. continens), prp. of continere "hold together" (see contain). Meaning moved from "exercising self-restraint" to "chaste" 14c., and to bowel and bladder control 19c. The houn in the geographical sense is from 1550s, from continent land (mid-15c.), translating L. terra continens "continuous land" (see continue). 词根记忆： n. 大陆,洲The continent continues to control the import of petrol and petroleum.大陆方面继续控制汽油和石油进口. |
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