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arctic 基本解释

• adj. 北极的；极寒的
• n. 北极圈；御寒防水套鞋
• n. (Arctic)人名；(英)阿克蒂克

arctic 中文词源

来自希腊语arktos, 熊，北极的代表动物。

arctic 英文词源

arctic

arctic: [14] Etymologically, the Arctic is the region of the ‘bear’. Nothing to do with polar bears, though. The characteristic constellations of the northern hemisphere are the ‘Little Bear’ (Latin Ursa Minor), which contains the northern celestial pole, and the Plough, otherwise known as the ‘Great Bear’ (Latin Ursa Major). The perception that they resemble a bear (Greek arktos) goes back to ancient times, and the Greeks used the derived adjective arktikos, literally ‘relating to bears’, to denote ‘northern’.

By the time this reached English, via Latin ar(c)ticus and Old French artique, it was being applied specifically to the northern polar regions. (The original English spelling, reflecting the French form, was artic. The more etymologically ‘correct’ arctic came in in the 17th century, but uncertain spellers are still apt to regress to artic.) Antarctic [14] for the corresponding southern polar region likewise comes ultimately from Greek (antarktikos, with the prefix anti- ‘opposite’). Arcturus [14], the name of a very bright star in the constellation Boötes, means literally ‘bear watcher’ or ‘bear guardian’ (Greek Arktouros), a reference to the fact that the tail of the Great Bear points towards it.

Arctic (adj.)

late 14c., artik, from Old French artique, from Medieval Latin articus, from Latin arcticus, from Greek arktikos "of the north," literally "of the (constellation) Bear," from arktos "bear; Ursa Major; the region of the north," the Bear being a northerly constellation. From *rkto-, the usual Indo-European base for "bear" (cognates: Avestan aresho, Armenian arj, Albanian ari, Latin ursus, Welsh arth); see bear (n.) for why the name changed in Germanic. The -c- was restored from 1550s. As a noun, "the Arctic regions," from 1560s.

arctic 英文释义

1. a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow

arctic 双语例句

1. TV pictures showed the arctic conditions.

电视画面显示了严寒的环境。

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2. This ship was designed expressly for exploring the Arctic waters.

这艘船是为考察北极水域而特意设计的.

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3. They flew over the unlimited reaches of the Arctic.

他们飞过了茫茫无边的北极上空.

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4. Cold and hungry, they drifted helplessly towards the Arctic.

他们又冷又饿, 无助地漂向北极.

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5. The Arctic remains the domain of the polar bear.

北极仍是北极熊的领地.

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arctic 实用场景例句

TV pictures showed the arctic conditions.

电视画面显示了严寒的环境。

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This ship was designed expressly for exploring the Arctic waters.

这艘船是为考察北极水域而特意设计的.

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They flew over the unlimited reaches of the Arctic.

他们飞过了茫茫无边的北极上空.

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Cold and hungry, they drifted helplessly towards the Arctic.

他们又冷又饿, 无助地漂向北极.

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The Arctic remains the domain of the polar bear.

北极仍是北极熊的领地.

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The sort of animal lived in the Arctic Circle.

这种动物生活在北极圈里.

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These were my Arctic adventures.

这就是我的北极冒险经历.

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He will go up to the Arctic Region.

他将到北极地区去.

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The conditions were arctic.

周围环境极冷.

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Have you been to the Arctic?

你到过北极 吗 ?

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The explorers spent months in the Arctic wastes.

探险家们在北极荒原上工作了几个月.

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The Greenpeace flagship is voyaging through the Arctic cold of the Barents Sea.

绿色和平组织的旗舰正在穿越巴伦支海的北极寒冷地带。

柯林斯例句

We are not very forward with our preparations for our Arctic expedition next year.

我们为明年北极探险所做的准备工作进展不快.

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The arctic tundra is at the top of the world around the North Pole.

北极冻原是指北极点周边的地区,是世界最高的地方.

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The Arctic Ocean is considered to be a northern part of the Atlantic Ocean.

北冰洋被看做是大西洋的北部.

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