continental

中文来自 ECDICT

adj.: 大陆的，洲的
n.: 欧洲大陆人

构词拆分

-al后缀

Of or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also. · Forming nouns, especially of verbal action.

词源说明

From continent + -al.

释义（英文）

形容词 Adjective

Of or relating to a continent or continents.
Of the mainland, as opposed to an island offshore.
Relating to, or characteristic of, continental Europe.
(US, historical) Of or relating to the confederated colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary War.

名词 Noun

Someone from the continent.
(US, historical) A member of the Continental army.
(US, historical) Paper scrip (paper money) issued by the continental congress, largely worthless by the end of the war.
(obsolete, by extension) The smallest amount; a whit; a jot.

词族

派生词（50）

monocontinental continental crust