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- any of the world's main continuous expanses of land (Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America, Australia, Antarctica)洲（指欧、亚、非、南北美、澳、南极洲之一）, 大陆。
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- （亦作the Continent）the mainland of Europe as distinct from the British Isles（有别于英伦三岛的）欧洲大陆。
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- a mainland contrasted with islands（与岛屿相对而言的）大陆：
the maritime zone is richer in varieties of plant than the continent.
海域植物品种比大陆丰富。
词源
mid 16th cent. (denoting a continuous tract of land)： from Latin terra continens 'continuous land'.
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- able to control movements of the bowels and bladder能控制排泄的, 有正常排泄节制力的。
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- exercising self-restraint, especially sexually自制的, 自律的; 有节制的; （尤指）节制性欲的, 禁欲的。
派生词
continence
nouncontinently
adverb词源
late Middle English （in the sense 'characterized by self-restraint'）： from Latin continent- 'holding together, restraining oneself', from continere （see CONTAIN）.