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The Caucasus is a place in the far south-east of Europe, between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. Georgia, Armenia, , and part of southern Russia sit there, and the Caucasus Mountains run through the middle. People say "the Caucasus" for the whole area, and "the Caucasus Mountains" when they mean the range.
The Caucasus is a place in the far south-east of Europethe Caucasus是位於歐洲最東南邊的一塊地方, between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea介於黑海和裏海之間 Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and part of southern Russia sit there喬治亞、亞美尼亞、亞塞拜然,以及俄羅斯南部的一部分都位在那裡, and the Caucasus Mountains run through the middlethe Caucasus Mountains則貫穿中間 People say "the Caucasus" for the whole area人們說「the Caucasus」是指整個地區, and "the Caucasus Mountains" when they mean the range說「the Caucasus Mountains」則是指山脈
Though actually, map-makers do not always agree if this land counts as Europe or as Asia — it sits on that line, so you will see both answers. It is a place name, so English keeps the: the Caucasus, like the Alps.
Though actually不過其實, map-makers do not always agree if this land counts as Europe or as Asia繪圖師對這塊地算歐洲還是亞洲並沒有一致的看法—— it sits on that line, so you will see both answers它剛好坐落在那條分界線上,所以你會看到兩種答案都有 It is a place name, so English keeps the它是地名,所以英語會保留the: the Caucasus, like the Alpsthe Caucasus,就像the Alps一樣
The people from there are Caucasian in the old geography sense; that is not the same as the loose American use of Caucasian for "white person", which grew from an old and shaky idea about where Europeans came from.
The people from there are Caucasian in the old geography sense那裡的人在舊有的地理意義上叫做Caucasian; that is not the same as the loose American use of Caucasian for "white person"這跟美式英語裡比較鬆散地用Caucasian指「白人」不一樣, which grew from an old and shaky idea about where Europeans came from後者源自一個關於歐洲人起源、站不太住腳的舊想法
組成A place name, not a word built from English pieces. It came through Latin Caucasus from Ancient Greek Καύκασος (Kaúkasos).
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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。
Caucasusname/ˈkɔːkəsəs/
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A mountain range in Eastern Europe between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, on territory of Russia, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, which includes the ranges of Greater Caucasus and Lesser Caucasus.
- Oh who can hold a fire in his hand / By thinking on the froſtie Caucaſus? / Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite, / by bare imagination of a Feaſt?
- […] from the long and rugged ravines of the Caucasus, […]
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The Hindu Kush, anciently known by Latin and Greek translated variants as the 'Caucasus of India' since the time of Alexander the Great.
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geopoliticsgovernmentpoliticsA geopolitical region in Eastern Europe and Western Asia, deriving its name from the aforementioned mountains.
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。