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Occident/ˈɒksid(ə)nt/n. poet. or literary [诗] [文学用语] (prec. by 前接 the) 1 the West 西方国家 2 western Europe 西欧 3 Europe, America, or both, as distinct from the Orient 欧洲，美国；欧美(以区别于东方) 4 European or Western in contrast to oriental civilization (与东方文明相对的)欧洲(或西方)文明 [Middle English via Old French from Latin occidens -entis ‘setting, sunset, west’ (as OCCASION)] |