| 正面 | 7758.mediterranean 美 [,mɛdətə'renɪən]     |
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| 背面 |      释义： 1. vad- => wad- + -e => wade.2. => go forward, proceed.3. => specifically of walking into water, "go into" (action, battle, etc.).n. 地中海adj. 地中海的 例句： 1. Britain bakes in a Mediterranean heatwave.地中海的热浪炙烤着英国。 Mediterranean 地中海的med-,中间的，词源同middle,-terr,土地，大地，词源同terrain.即大地中间的海，后词义专有化指地中海。 Mediterranean"the sea between southern Europe and northern Africa," c. 1400, from Late Latin Mediterraneum mare "Mediterranean Sea" (7c.), from Latin mediterraneus "midland;" the original sense being of "sea in the middle of the earth," from medius "middle" (see medial (adj.)) + terra "land, earth" (see terrain). The Old English name was Wendel-sæ, so called for the Vandals, Germanic tribe that settled on the southwest coast of it after the fall of Rome. The noun meaning "a person of Mediterranean race" is from 1888." |