subcontinental

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person from the Indian Subcontinent; a South Asian.
    — This does not mean that we value Englishmen at a premium and Africans at a moral discount. Nor does it mean that Canadians are intrinsically more precious to us than subcontinentals.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of or pertaining to a subcontinent. not-comparable
    — In the menagerie of subcontinental art, the horse and elephant are most common.
  2. Pertaining to the Indian Subcontinent; South Asian.
  3. Located or occurring beneath continental crust. not-comparable
    — When a subcontinental plume hits such a thin spot, the result would be voluminous shallow magmatism.

词形变化

more subcontinental comparative most subcontinental superlative subcontinentals plural

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *upó
Proto-Italic *supo
Latin sub
Latin sub-der.
English sub-
English continental
English subcontinental
From sub- + continental.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English subcontinent
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
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Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
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Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English subcontinental
From subcontinent + -al.
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