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The Antarctic is the very cold area around the South Pole — the bottom of the Earth. It includes the ice, the ocean around it, and the land of Antarctica. As an adjective, Antarctic means “of that far south”: Antarctic ice, Antarctic winter, Antarctic animals such as penguins.
The Antarctic「the Antarctic」 is the very cold area是那片極冷的地區 around the South Pole圍繞著南極點——the bottom of the Earth地球的最底部。It它 includes包含了 the ice冰層、the ocean around it周圍的海洋、and the land of Antarctica還有「Antarctica」南極洲這塊陸地。As an adjective當形容詞用的時候，Antarctic「Antarctic」 means意思是 "of that far south"「屬於那極南之地的」：Antarctic ice「Antarctic ice」南極的冰、Antarctic winter「Antarctic winter」南極的冬天、Antarctic animals such as penguins「Antarctic animals」南極的動物，像penguins企鵝。
The name is built as “opposite the Arctic”: the Arctic is the far north, and the Antarctic is the far south. Though actually, they are not perfect mirror images. The Arctic is mostly frozen ocean with land around it; the Antarctic is a huge piece of land under ice, with ocean around it.
The name is built as這個名字的構造是 "opposite the Arctic"「跟Arctic相反」：the Arctic「the Arctic」 is the far north是極北之地，and the Antarctic而「the Antarctic」 is the far south則是極南之地。Though actually不過實際上，they are not perfect mirror images它們並不是完美的鏡像。The Arctic「the Arctic」 is mostly frozen ocean大部分是結冰的海洋 with land around it周圍有陸地；the Antarctic「the Antarctic」 is a huge piece of land under ice則是一大塊被冰覆蓋的陸地 with ocean around it周圍是海洋。
People say the Antarctic for the region. It is a geography word, a little formal, but everyone who learns the map meets it.
People say人們說 the Antarctic「the Antarctic」 for the region就是指這個地區。It is a geography word這是一個地理用詞，a little formal有點正式，but everyone who learns the map meets it但每個學過地圖的人都會遇到它。
組成anti- (opposite) + Arctic (the far north). English took it through French and Latin from Ancient Greek antarktikós, “opposite the Arctic”.
同家族的字
- Arcticthe far north; Antarctic is formed as the opposite of this word
- Antarcticathe continent's name, built from the same pieces
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Antarcticadj/ænˈtɑː(k)tɪk/
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Of, from, or pertaining to Antarctica and the south polar regions.
- We are likely to consider Antarctic English as an occupational variety of general English rather than a new regional variety, mainly because men go to work in the Antarctic for a period, intending to return. They are not settlers.
- Scientists have known for years that the Thwaites glacier is the soft underbelly of the Antarctic ice sheet, and first found that it was unstable decades ago.
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obsoleteOpposite, contradictory.
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obsoleteSouthern.
Antarcticname/ænˈtɑː(k)tɪk/
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A continental region, one of the major ecozones of the world, covering the south polar regions, especially those south of the Antarctic Convergence; or, in accordance with the Antarctic Treaty System, the 60th parallel south.
- Meronyms: Antarctica, Antarctic Ocean, Southern Ocean (south-of-60° sense)
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。