| 单词 | transatlantic |
| 释义 | transatlantic (once / 3545 pages) adj If you fly from New York to Paris, you can describe the flight as transatlantic, since you'll be crossing the Atlantic Ocean. Anything that crosses the Atlantic Ocean can be called transatlantic, though the word usually refers to a commercial airplane flight. Cruise ships have transatlantic crossings, and shipping companies sometimes deliver goods via transatlantic routes. The word transatlantic simply adds the Latin prefix trans, "through or across," to the word atlantic. WORD FAMILYtransatlantic: transatlantically USAGE EXAMPLES“And the ‘west’ as a transatlantic cultural formation is disintegrating before our eyes. The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016) "It was a Transatlantic borrowing really," he told me. BBC(Dec 23, 2016) The two sides hoped to resolve the dispute in a trade agreement, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. Washington Times(Dec 22, 2016) adj crossing the Atlantic Ocean transatlantic flight |
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