| 释义 |
antipodes/ænˈtipədi:z/n. pl. 1a (also 亦作 Antipodes) a place diametrically opposite to another, esp. Australasia as the region on the opposite side of the earth to Europe 相对极，相对点(尤指与欧洲地理位置相对的澳大利亚和新西兰附近地区) b places diametrically opposite to each other 直接相对的两地 2 (usu. foll. by 通常后跟 of, to) the exact opposite 正好相对，恰好相反 □ antipodal adj.□ antipodean /-ˈdi:ən/ adj. & n.[French or Late Latin, from Greek antipodes ‘having the feet opposite’ (as ANTI-, pous podos ‘foot’)] |