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核心畫面

Picture a map with the big in the middle and the islands scattered off its edges. Continental points at the big land — its scale, its weather, and, in the phrases below, the part of a place that sits on it rather than off it.

可以想成：地圖上中間那一整塊沒有斷開的陸地，旁邊零星散著一些島。continental 指的就是那塊大陸——它的規模…更多收起可以想成：地圖上中間那一整塊沒有斷開的陸地，旁邊零星散著一些島。continental 指的就是那塊大陸——它的規模、它的氣候，以及在下面幾個固定說法裡，一個地方「連在大陸上的那部分」。

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固定說法：一個地方連在大陸上的那部分

把「大陸」拿來跟島對照，就成了劃範圍的工具：講一個國家或一個洲的時候，continental 圈起來的是連在大陸上的那一塊，島嶼和海外的部分不算。這兩個意思都只活在固定說法裡，不會單獨出現。

mainland (continental Europe/Asia) · adjective · B1

used before Europe, Asia, etc. to mean the countries on the big land, not the ones on islands.

（歐洲／亞洲）大陸的

歐陸的風格與樣子

英國人隔著海峽看對岸，久了就把「大陸那邊」講成一種風味：咖啡配可頌的早餐、路邊的露天座位。這一支已經從地理變成生活風格，說的是感覺而不是位置。

continental (European style) · adjective · B1

typical of the warmer countries in Western Europe, especially in style or food.

歐陸式的

Also in this word

continental (of a continent) · adjective · B2

relating to a large area of land, especially one of the Earth's continents.

大陸的

原始詞典資料16 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。

Continentaladj

  • 1

    Synonym of European (including insular Europe, such as Britain, Ireland)

  • 2

    historicalPertaining to the colonies of British North America covered by the Continental Congress.

Continentalnoun

  • 1

    Synonym of European (a denizen of Europe)

  • 2

    Synonym of European (a denizen of Europe)

  • 3

    Synonym of European (a denizen of Europe)

  • 4

    historicalA denizen of the colonies of British North America covered by the Continental Congress.

continentaladj/ˌkɑntɪˈnɛntl̩/

  • 1

    Of or relating to a continent or continents.

    • continental drift
    • Offshore to the west of the continental margin during the Early Triassic, the Sonoma highlands formed a volcanic island arc, separated from the mainland by a shallow sea that cut through western Nevada and northwestern Utah.
  • 2

    Of the mainland, as opposed to an island offshore.

    • continental Europe
    • The outline of continental Ireland is proximately that of a rhomboid ; and, in a general view, is greatly more continuous or less indented and undulated by cuts and sweeps of the sea than the outline of continental Great Britain.
  • 3

    Relating to, or characteristic of, continental Europe.

    • continental breakfast
    • at Monte Carlo or some of the other Continental gambling-hells
  • 4

    historicalOf or relating to the confederated colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary War.

    • continental money

continentalnoun/ˌkɑntɪˈnɛntl̩/

  • 1

    Someone from the continent.

    • Reflecting on his long career chronicling scientists, J. G. Crowther wondered why it was that in the grand debates over the nature of light, x-rays, and cathode rays, the British opted for particles and the continentals for waves.
  • 2

    historicalA member of the Continental army.

  • 3

    historicalPaper scrip (paper money) issued by the continental congress, largely worthless by the end of the war.

  • 4

    obsoleteThe smallest amount; a whit; a jot.

    • not worth a continental
    • I don't care a continental!

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

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。