Mid-Atlantic

短语

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Of or relating to this region.

name
  1. 1.

    The middle of the East Coast of the United States, typically consisting of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, DC.

  2. 2.

    The middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

    Used alone, with "the".

  3. 3.

    The middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

    Used as an attributive modifier in compounds such as "mid-Atlantic current" and "Mid-Atlantic Ridge": located in, or otherwise relating to, the mid-Atlantic. See: Mid Atlantic Ridge

    As they appear today these approaches are first, the north Atlantic chain of islands connecting northern Europe with Labrador; second, the mid-Atlantic currents setting steadily westward from the African coast to South America and the West Indies; third, […]

  4. 4.

    The middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

    Used alone, after a verb or preposition of location, without "the".

    Cyclones coming from Labrador work round this hump to the S.E., and die out in mid-Atlantic.

  5. 5.

    The middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

    Used as an attributive modifier in compounds such as "mid-Atlantic accent" and "mid-Atlantic English": half-American, half-European; combining American and European elements.

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eastern

词源

From mid- + Atlantic.

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