n. 非洲
英 ['æfrɪkə] 美 [ˈæfrɪkə]
权威例句
- South Africa was going through a period of irreversible change.
南非正在经历一场不可逆转的变革。
来自柯林斯例句 - The whole of Africa had been buffeted by social and political upheavals.
整个非洲都经受了社会和政治动荡之苦。
来自柯林斯例句 - Mandela said, "We want a united, undivided South Africa".
曼德拉说道:“我们想要一个团结统一的南非。”
来自柯林斯例句 - It was one of the driest and dustiest places in Africa.
那是非洲最干旱、尘土最多的地方之一。
来自柯林斯例句 - He was taken prisoner in North Africa in 1942.
他于1942年在北非被俘。
来自柯林斯例句
英文词源
Africa (n.)
Latin Africa (terra) "African land, Libya, the Carthaginian territory," fem. of adjective Africus, from Afer "an African," a word of uncertain origin. The Latin word originally was used only in reference to the region around modern Tunisia; it gradually was extended to the whole continent. Derivation from Arabic afar "dust, earth" is tempting, but the early date seems to argue against it. The Middle English word was Affrike.