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A very large island in western Indonesia — the second biggest island of that country, after is shared and Papua is shared, and the sixth largest in the world. Its biggest city is Medan in the north, though Padang on the west coast is also well known.
A very large island一座非常大的島 in western Indonesia位於印尼西部 — the second biggest island of that country是該國第二大的島, after Borneo is shared and Papua is shared(婆羅洲和巴布亞島都是跟別國共有的島), and the sixth largest in the world也是全世界第六大的島. Its biggest city它最大的城市 is Medan in the north是北部的棉蘭, though Padang on the west coast is also well known不過西岸的巴東也很有名.
Things English speakers connect with Sumatra: coffee (Sumatra coffee is famous and you will see the name on coffee bags in Taiwan), tigers, orangutans, rainforest that is being cut down fast, and earthquakes — the 2004 tsunami started just off its coast, and the city of Banda Aceh at its northern tip was destroyed.
Things English speakers connect with Sumatra英語使用者聯想到蘇門答臘的東西: coffee咖啡 (Sumatra coffee is famous蘇門答臘咖啡很有名 and you will see the name on coffee bags in Taiwan在台灣的咖啡包裝上也看得到這個名字), tigers, orangutans老虎、紅毛猩猩, rainforest that is being cut down fast正快速遭到砍伐的雨林, and earthquakes還有地震 — the 2004 tsunami started just off its coast2004年的海嘯就是從它外海發生的, and the city of Banda Aceh at its northern tip was destroyed而位於北端的班達亞齊市遭到摧毀.
Sumatra sits along the , so it is hot and wet all year. Note that in English the island name is used on its own without "the" (we say "in Sumatra", not "in the Sumatra"), and it is always capitalised.
Sumatra蘇門答臘 sits along the equator位於赤道上, so it is hot and wet all year所以終年濕熱. Note that請注意, in English the island name is used on its own without "the"英文裡這個島名前面不加"the" (we say "in Sumatra", not "in the Sumatra"我們說"in Sumatra",不說"in the Sumatra"), and it is always capitalised而且字首永遠大寫.
組成The name came into English from Portuguese sailors, who took it from Arabic, which took it from Malay Sumatera. Further back it is thought to come from Sanskrit samudra, meaning "sea". Old Sanskrit texts spoke of samudrabhūmi, "the land of the sea". So the island's name may simply mean the sea-place.
原始詞典資料3 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。
Sumatraname/suːˈmɑːtɹə/
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The largest island entirely in Indonesia and the world’s sixth largest island.
Sumatranoun/suːˈmɑːtɹə/
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A squall or violent rainstorm coming from the south.
- In the Straits of Malacca one encounters a squall every night; there they are known by the name of Sumatras, crossing as they do from the island bearing that name.
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A chicken of a breed native to the island of Sumatra, formerly used in cock-fighting and now mainly kept for exhibition.
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。