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Intercontinental means “from one continent to another,” or “happening between two continents.” An intercontinental flight crosses an ocean to another continent.
Intercontinentalintercontinental means意思是 "from one continent to another,"「從一個洲到另一個洲」, or "happening between two continents."或「發生在兩個洲之間」. An intercontinental flight洲際航班 crosses an ocean to another continent會飛越一片海洋,到另一個洲
News also talks about intercontinental missiles, which can travel that far. Sport sometimes has an intercontinental cup.
News也 talks about intercontinental missiles會提到洲際飛彈, which can travel that far能飛那麼遠. Sport體育 sometimes has an intercontinental cup有時候也有洲際盃
The word sounds a bit big and official.
The word這個字 sounds a bit big and official聽起來有點大、有點正式
Though actually, people sometimes say intercontinental when they only mean a very long international trip. The strict idea is continent to continent, not just country to country: a flight from Taiwan to Japan is international, but it is not intercontinental, because both places are in Asia.
Though actually不過, people sometimes say intercontinental有時候人們說intercontinental when they only mean a very long international trip其實只是想講一趟很長的國際旅程. The strict idea is continent to continent, not just country to country嚴格來說,這個字指的是洲跟洲之間,不只是國跟國之間: a flight from Taiwan to Japan從台灣飛到日本 is international是international(國際的), but it is not intercontinental但不是intercontinental(洲際的), because both places are in Asia因為兩個地方都在亞洲
組成inter- (between) + continental (of a continent). From inter- + continental.
同家族的字
- continentalthe second half: of a continent
- continentthe large land a continent is
原始詞典資料2 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。
intercontinentaladj/ˌɪn.tə.kɒn.tɪˈnɛn.təl/
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Taking place between two or more continents.
- Not so much wedded as welded to their airline seats, he and his amanuensis see the cities of the future as ‘glocal’ phenomena, where high-density urban centres are air-linked to intercontinental faubourgs.
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Having the ability to travel between continents.
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。