Africa

高中

n. 非洲

发音

CA /ˈæf.ɹɪ.kə/
UK /ˈæf.ɹɪ.kə/
US /ˈæf.ɹɪ.kə/
/ˈæf.ɹə.kə/
ZA /ɛfrɨkə/
IN /ˈɑːfrɪkɑː/

词形变化

Africas 复数 Africas

别名

Afr. Afrika MEASA MEATI Affrike Afric Africk Afficky

教材释义与例句

名词

非洲

The giraffe ranges in Africa.

长颈鹿生长在非洲。

The practice still prevails in some parts of Africa.

这种做法在非洲某些地区仍然很盛行。

He traversed alone the whole continent of Africa from east to west.

他只身长途跋涉， 从东向西横穿整个非洲大陆。

释义与例句

name
  1. 1.

    The continent that is south of Europe, east of the Atlantic Ocean, west of the Indian Ocean and north of Antarctica.

    非洲

    阿非利加

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    the Maghreb and sub-Saharan Africa

  2. 2.

    Sub-Saharan Africa, contrasted with the Maghreb.

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  3. 3.

    A former province of the Roman Empire, containing what is now Tunisia, northeastern Algeria and portions of coastal Libya; existing from 146 BC (initially in the Roman Republic) through 698 AD, except for 439 through 534 AD, when it was occupied by the Vandals.

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  4. 4.

    A surname.

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相关短语

South Africa 南非 Africa time African time British South Africa Company West Africa Time Central Africa Time East Africa Time North Africa n. 北非 [网络] 北非地区；北非洲；北非撒哈拉沙漠 British Central Africa West Africa n. 西非 [网络] 非洲西部；今非洲西部；西部非洲 sub-Saharan Africa 撒哈拉以南非洲 French Equatorial Africa South West Africa na. 西南非洲 [网络] 南部西非 German East Africa Portuguese East Africa

词源

Etymology tree Latin Āfer Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin āfricus Latin āfrica Latin Āfricabor. Old French Affriquebor. Middle English Affrike English Africa From Middle English Affrike, from Old French Affrique, Affrike, from Latin Āfrica, from Āfrī, singular Āfer (inhabitant of the country of Carthage), in turn either from: * The Punic or Phoenician word 𐤏𐤐𐤓 (ʿpr /ʿafar/, “dust”), from Proto-Semitic *ʕapar- (“dust, soil”), which has cognates in other Semitic languages. * The Berber word ifri (“cave”), plural ifran, in reference to cave dwellers of Tunisia (see Tataouine). Folk etymologies include: * Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) + φρίκη f (phríkē), meaning "without cold" * Latin aprica (“sunny”).

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