geography
英 [d??'?gr?f?]
美 [d??'ɑɡr?fi]
助記提示
1、geo- + -graphy.
2、含義：description of the earth's surface.
中文詞源
geography 地理geo-, 地，地球。-graphy, 寫，描述，詞源同telegraphy.
英文詞源
- geography
- geography: [16] All the English ‘geo-’ words (geography, geology [18], geometry [14], etc) come ultimately from Greek gē ‘earth’, a word probably of pre-Indo-European origin, whose Homeric form gaia was used as the name of the Greek goddess of the earth. Geography denotes literally the ‘describing of the earth’; geometry the ‘measuring of the earth’ (from its early application to the measuring of land and surveying).
=> geology, geometry - geography (n.)
- "the science of description of the earth's surface in its present condition," 1540s, from Middle French géographie (15c.), from Latin geographia, from Greek geographia "description of the earth's surface," from geo- "earth" + -graphia "description" (see -graphy).
雙語例句
- 1. Why are Geography, Drama, Art and English in the ascendant?
- 為什么地理、戲劇、藝術和英語逐漸受寵？
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The American continent's geography severely limited the lines of attack.
- 美洲大陸的地形嚴重限制了進攻路線。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Geography was my weak subject.
- 地理是我的弱項。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. I still haven't done my geography homework.
- 我還沒做完地理科家庭作業呢。
來自《權威詞典》
- 5. the physical geography of Scotland
- 蘇格蘭的地形
來自《權威詞典》