喜樂美語
  1. 1nA1/ˈæfrɪkə/非洲

    One of the seven continents, which are the seven main areas of land on Earth. Africa is south of the Mediterranean Sea, and west of Asia and the Indian Ocean.

    One of the seven continents七大洲之一，which are也就是 the seven main areas of land on Earth地球上七個主要陸地區域。Africa is south of the Mediterranean Sea非洲在地中海以南，and west of Asia and the Indian Ocean也在亞洲和印度洋以西。

    示範例句 · Example

    Mei found Africa on the map and put her finger on the Mediterranean Sea just above it.

    逐字美在地圖上找到非洲，並把她的手指放在正上方的地中海上。

    「Africa」就是中文的「非洲」，是地球上七大洲（continent）之一。定義裡的 continent 指「洲、大陸」——地球上最大的那七塊陸地，Africa 是其中之一，面積僅次於亞洲。位置可以照著定義在地圖上找：北邊隔著地中海（the Mediterranean Sea），東邊是亞洲和印度洋。要注意它是專有名詞，A 要大寫，而且前面不加 the（說 go to Africa，不說 go to the Africa）；形容詞和「非洲人」都是 African。

    常見搭配

    • in Africa

      在非洲

      inside this continent

      There are more than fifty countries in Africa.

    • go to / travel to Africa

      去非洲／到非洲旅行

      to make a journey to this continent

      One day Sam wants to travel to Africa and see the grasslands.

    • come from Africa

      來自非洲

      to have this continent as your home or origin

      These beautiful drums come from Africa.

    • East Africa / West Africa

      東非／西非

      the eastern or western part of the continent

      Kenya is a country in East Africa.

    • across Africa

      遍及非洲各地

      in many places all over the continent

      The same folk tale is told across Africa in many languages.

    • the continent of Africa

      非洲大陸

      Africa, named as one of the seven main areas of land

      The continent of Africa has the longest river in the world.

    用法接近

    continentAsiaEuropeAfricanthe Saharathe Indian Ocean

core核心畫面

A proper name pointing at one place on the map: the huge lying south of the Mediterranean Sea and west of Asia and the Indian Ocean. It names a continent, so it is capitalised and normally takes no article — you say 'in Africa', not 'in the Africa'.

可以想成：這個字就是地圖上的一個指標，指向地中海以南、亞洲與印度洋以西的那一整塊大陸。它是專有名詞，所以永遠大寫，前面通常也不加 the——說 in Africa、travel to Africa，而不是 in the Africa。它指的是一整塊陸地，不是一個國家，所以講「非洲人怎麼樣」時要留意：那裡有五十幾個國家、上千種語言，用一句話概括往往會失真。形容詞形式是 African。

同家族的字

用法接近

continentAsiaEuropeAfricanthe Saharathe Indian Ocean

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。

Africaname/ˈæf.ɹɪ.kə/

  • 1

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

    • the Maghreb and sub-Saharan Africa
    • As Russia’s foothold in Africa expands – notably in the mineral-rich Sahel region that is beset by recurring coups, armed rebellion and extremist insurgency – anti-Western sentiments, partly fueled by Russian propaganda, are engineering the exit of Western troops from swathes of territory.
  • 2

    Sub-Saharan Africa, contrasted with the Maghreb.

    • The Sahara stood as an important marker between the Maghreb and Africa, not only in modern times but in times immemorial.
  • 3

    historicalA 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.

  • 4

    A surname.

Africanoun

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