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continental

/kon-tn-en-tl/US // ˌkɒn tnˈɛn tl //UK // (ˌkɒntɪˈnɛntəl) //

大陆性的,大陆的,大陆性,大陆

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or of the nature of a continent.
    • : of or relating to the mainland of Europe, to Europeans, or to European customs and attitudes.
    • : of or relating to the 13 original American colonies during and immediately after the American Revolution.
    • : of or relating to the continent of North America.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a soldier of the Continental Army in the American Revolution.
    • : a piece of paper currency issued by the Continental Congress during the American Revolution.
    • : a small amount: advice that's not worth a continental.
    • : an inhabitant of a continent.
    • : an inhabitant of the mainland of Europe.

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Examples

  • Southern California is the moodiest place in the continental United States when you compare its climate from year to year, according to California’s Fourth Climate Assessment.

  • Under the terms of Cudd’s release, any travel outside of the continental United States must be approved by the court.

  • It went as far as him deciding, and us saying, “Well, we can kind of do a continental mid-Atlantic, you know like people do who are on the New York stage, you know it doesn’t have to be an English accent, but it can be effected somewhat.”

  • Hawaii employs 1,008 fewer physicians than any similarly sized and populated area in the continental US.

  • Physiographic maps had previously been used to represent continental landforms with standardized symbols.

  • It is the omphalos, this city that straddles two steamboat rivers at the continental crossroads.

  • They marched through the streets of downtown New York to the synchronized beats of the Continental drum corps that followed.

  • The commander of the Continental Army realized that if he did not inoculate his army against smallpox, he might not have an army.

  • The outbreak began in Missouri and Illinois, but has now spread to almost all the continental United States.

  • Conceptually, the “Angel of Death” was a cultural mainstay in continental Europe and the British Isles by the late Middle Ages.

  • Sweden excluded British goods, conformably to the continental system established by Bonaparte.

  • It has long been the custom for advertisers in the continental journals to typify their wares.

  • After 1815 the continental visits were resumed, and the practice of smoking began steadily to increase.

  • I have seen the retreats of continental armies in my time; they are always a scene of horrors.

  • His duties were to enforce the continental system and to keep a stern eye on Prussia.