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the Antarctic
名词用法，通常带定冠词 the，指南极地区（南极洲及周围海域）。
The Antarctic is covered by a vast ice sheet.
南极地区被巨大的冰盖覆盖。
南极地区
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
南极地区
the region around the south pole: Antarctica and surrounding waters
The Antarctic is covered by a vast ice sheet.
南极地区被巨大的冰盖覆盖。
南极的；南极地带的；南极地区
n. the region around the south pole: Antarctica and surrounding waters
Many scientists travel to the Antarctic to study climate change.
许多科学家前往南极地区研究气候变化。
The Antarctic is the coldest place on Earth.
南极地区是地球上最冷的地方。
Few people have ever crossed the Antarctic on foot.
很少有人步行穿越过南极地区。
名词用法，通常带定冠词 the，指南极地区（南极洲及周围海域）。
The Antarctic is covered by a vast ice sheet.
南极地区被巨大的冰盖覆盖。
形容词用法，修饰名词，意为“南极的”；常与 waters、ice、region 等搭配。
Antarctic waters support a unique ecosystem.
南极水域孕育着独特的生态系统。
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The Antartic region is remote.
Use this
The Antarctic region is remote.
antarctic 的正确拼写是 a-n-t-a-r-c-t-i-c，中间有一个 c；错误拼写 antartic 漏掉了这个 c。注意不要漏写。
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Antarctic is an icy region.
Use this
The Antarctic is an icy region.
Antarctic 作名词表示“南极地区”时是专有名词，通常与定冠词 the 连用，写成 the Antarctic；不能省略 the 直接作主语。
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南极地区
Many species of penguin live in the Antarctic.
许多企鹅物种生活在南极地区。
南极圈
The ship crossed the Antarctic Circle in early summer.
这艘船在初夏穿过了南极圈。
南极冰盖
Changes in the Antarctic ice sheet affect global sea levels.
南极冰盖的变化影响着全球海平面。
南极半岛
The Antarctic Peninsula is one of the fastest-warming places on Earth.
南极半岛是地球上变暖最快的地区之一。
南极考察
The Antarctic expedition will survey the ice for two months.
这次南极考察将用两个月勘测冰层。
南极研究站
The team spent the winter at an Antarctic research station.
这个团队在南极研究站过冬。
Use Antarctic naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
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联想：antarctic 可拆成 ant + arctic，一只蚂蚁(ant)在北极(arctic)的对面——那就是南极地区。
语域：neutral 常见场景：geography、scientific writing、news reports 作为名词时，antarctic 通常指南极地区，多用于地理、气候或探险相关的正式或中性语境，语气中性偏正式。
Arctic and subarctic rhyme with Antarctic, all sharing the stressed /ɑː/ and the ending /ktɪk/. The spelling -ctic in tactic and didactic is also pronounced /ktɪk/, but their stressed vowel is /æ/, so they do not rhyme. Static and attic are common lookalikes ending in -atic or -tic with /ætɪk/, which sound different from Antarctic.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.