| 单词 | transcontinental |
| 释义 | transcontinental (once / 7133 pages) adj When you fly from New York to California, you can describe your flight as transcontinental, crossing the continent of North America. Use the adjective transcontinental when something goes from one side of a continent to the other, like the European transcontinental railroad called the Orient Express or an airplane flight across Asia. In the nineteenth century, the First Transcontinental Railroad was built in the United States. As well as being the first railway to cross an entire continent, it also marked the coining of the word transcontinental, from trans, "across," and continental, "of a continent." WORD FAMILYtranscontinental: transcontinentally+/continent: continence, continency, continental, continently, continents, incontinent, subcontinent/continental: continentally, intercontinental, transcontinental/incontinence: incontinences/incontinency: incontinencies/incontinent: incontinence, incontinency, incontinently USAGE EXAMPLESWith the advent of transcontinental railroads in the 19th century, scientists settled on an 86,400-second-long day. Time(Dec 30, 2016) Zika travelled to Brazil, then, as viruses prefer to travel these days—on transcontinental airplanes. The New Yorker(Aug 15, 2016) Meanwhile, air-accident investigators said they are also looking into why a relatively short-range aircraft made the transcontinental trip between Santa Cruz, Bolivia, and Medellín. Wall Street Journal(Dec 01, 2016) adj spanning or crossing or on the farther side of a continent transcontinental railway transcontinental travelers a transcontinental city Syn continental being or concerning or limited to a continent especially the continents of North America or Europe |
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