名詞 continent:

1. one of the large landmasses of the earth
2. the European mainland

形容詞 continent:

1. having control over urination and defecation
2. abstaining from sexual intercourse
   同義詞：celibate

1. An inhabitant of a continent.
   大陸人居住于大陸上的居民
2. If a man is gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island, cut off from other lands, but a continent, that joins to them.
   如果一個人對外邦人也能溫和有禮，那么他就可以被稱作一個“世界的公民”——他的心與五洲四海是相通的。
3. The Antarctica is a continent centered roughly on the South Pole.
   南極洲是一片大致以南極為中心的大陸。
4. There are seven continents in the world.
   世界上有七大洲。

continent

n.（名詞）
Abbr. cont.One of the principal land masses of the earth, usually regarded as including Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America.
縮寫 cont.大陸：地球上主要的大塊陸地之一，一般認為包括非洲、南極洲、亞洲、澳洲、歐洲、北美洲及南美洲
Continent The mainland of Europe. Used withthe.
Continent 歐洲大陸：歐洲大陸。與定冠詞the 連用

來源：
Latin (terra) continôns continent- [continuous (land)] [present participle of] continôre [to hold together] * see contain
拉丁語 (terra) continôns continent- [連綿不斷的（陸地）] [] continôre的現(xiàn)在分詞 [使連在一起] *參見 contain

continent
continent 2

adj.（形容詞）
Exercising continence.
實行節(jié)制的

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Latin continôns [present participle of] continôre [to restrain] * see contain
源自 拉丁語 continôns [] continôre的現(xiàn)在分詞 [抑制] *參見 contain

【引伸】
con.tinently
adv.（副詞）