transcontinental
英 [,trænzkɒntɪ'nent(ə)l; trɑːnz-; -ns-]
美[,trænz,kɑntɪ'nɛntl]
- adj. 横贯大陆的;大陆那边的
英英释义
- 1. spanning or crossing or on the farther side of a continent;
- "transcontinental railway"
- "transcontinental travelers"
- "a transcontinental city"
实用场景例句
- a transcontinental railway/railroad
- 横贯大陆的铁路
牛津词典
- ...in mid-nineteenth-century America, before the transcontinental railroad was built.
- 19 世纪中期的美国,在横贯大陆的铁路建成之前
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The United States Government's land policy, transcontinental railway building and accelerate the development of the western.
- 美国政府的土地政策, 横贯大陆铁路的建筑,加速了西部的开发.
期刊摘选
- The high point in railroad building came with the construction of the first transcontinental system.
- 高点,来到铁路建设与建造的第一个跨洲系统.
期刊摘选
- On the transcontinental overload, just slide behind the wheel. How does it feel?
- 跨大洲的超载, 只是滑倒轮后. 感觉 如何 ?
期刊摘选
- A computer programmer and an engineer were sitting next to each other on a transcontinental flight.
- 一个计算机程序员和一位工程师在一架跨陆航班上紧挨着坐在一起.
期刊摘选
- This time the men were imported as work crews to construct the first transcontinental railroad.
- 这一次他们是作为建造第一条横贯大陆的铁道的劳工而进口来的.
期刊摘选
- Big transcontinental enterprises jostle with one another for world markets.
- 巨大的跨国公司[企业]互相争夺国际市场.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- The boreal forest is transcontinental.
- 北方森林是横贯大陆的.
辞典例句
中文词源
transcontinental 横贯大陆的
tran-,横穿,continent,大陆。
助记提示
1. trans- + continent (n.) + -al.
双语例句
- 1. Big transcontinental enterprises jostle with one another for world markets.
- 巨大的跨国公司[企业]互相争夺国际市场.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 2. The boreal forest is transcontinental.
- 北方森林是横贯大陆的.
来自辞典例句
- 3. The United States Government's land policy, transcontinental railway building and accelerate the development of the western.
- 美国政府的土地政策, 横贯大陆铁路的建筑,加速了西部的开发.
来自互联网
- 4. The high point in railroad building came with the construction of the first transcontinental system.
- 高点,来到铁路建设与建造的第一个跨洲系统.
来自互联网
- 5. On the transcontinental overload, just slide behind the wheel. How does it feel?
- 跨大洲的超载, 只是滑倒轮后. 感觉 如何 ?
来自互联网
英文词源
- transcontinental (adj.)
- also trans-continental, 1853 (in transcontinental railroad), American English, from trans- + continental.