Grammar Note
可数名词，复数形式为 continents。
大洲；大陆
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
大洲；大陆
a main landmass of a planet; especially one of the traditional large divisions of the Earth's land surface (such as Africa, Asia, etc.)
Our geography teacher asked us to name all seven continents.
我们的地理老师让我们说出七大洲的名字。
表示七大洲之一时常用“大洲”；表示与岛屿相对的大片陆地时用“大陆”。
主要的连续陆地块之一,由水或地质特征分隔,有时包括其大陆架和岛屿
One of the main contiguous landmasses, separated by water or geological features, on the surface of a planet, sometimes including its continental shelves and the islands on them.
禁欲派教徒
An Encratite.
地球上的大块陆地
one of the large landmasses of the earth
地球陆地表面划分的传统主要区域,包括大陆和相关岛屿,如非洲、欧洲、亚洲、大洋洲/澳大利亚、北美洲、南美洲和南极洲
Each of the traditional main regions into which the Earth’s land surface is divided, including both an extent of mainland and various conventionally associated islands, etc; namely, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australasia/Oceania, North America, South America, and Antarctica.
The plane will stop twice before it reaches the other side of the continent.
飞机在到达这个大陆的另一边之前会停两次。
AI contextual example
Some animals, such as kangaroos, only live on one continent.
有些动物，比如袋鼠，只生活在一个大洲上。
AI contextual example
there are seven continents
有七个大洲
WordNet
pioneers had to cross the continent on foot
先驱者不得不徒步穿越大陆
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可数名词，复数形式为 continents。
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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