单词 | subcontinent |
释义 | subcontinentWord family adjectivesubcontinentalnounsubcontinent , Geography Earth sciencessub·con·ti·nent /ˌsʌbˈkɒntɪnənt $ -ˈkɑːn-/ noun [countableC] 1. HEPGa very large area of land that is part of a continent 次大陆 2. the subcontinent PGthe area of land that includes India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh 南亚次大陆〔包括印度、巴基斯坦和孟加拉国〕 Examples from the Corpus subcontinent• It is a subcontinent of many religions, many languages, many ethnic groups, and many skin colors.• During the days of the Raj, a train journey across the subcontinent could take a week.• Yet today eunuchs have apparently died out everywhere except in the subcontinent.• Later, it tried in vain to conquer the whole of the subcontinent. |
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