America
America
(亦作 the Americas)
(亦作 the Americas)
- a land mass of the western hemisphere consisting of the continents of North and South America joined by the Isthmus of Panama
美洲（位于西半球，由北美洲和南美洲组成，以巴拿马地峡连接）
■used as a name for the United States
美利坚合众国
- America was originally inhabited by American Indians and Inuit peoples. The NE coastline of North America was visited by Norse seamen in the early 11th century, but for the modern world America was first reached by Christopher Columbus, who arrived in the Caribbean in 1492 and the South American mainland in 1498
- the name America dates from the early 16th cent. and is believed to derive from the Latin form (Americus) of the name of Amerigo Vespucci, who sailed along the west coast of South America in 1501
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- hereabout adv.在这附近，在这一带
- hereafter adv.今后，从此以后
- hereat adv.于此，是故，此际
- hereby adv.以此方式，特此
- heredes n.继承者(heres的复数)
- hereditable adj.可继承的，可遗传的
- hereditament n.可继承的财产，世袭财产
- hereditarian n.遗传论者
- hereditarily adv.世袭地，遗传地
- hereditary adj.（生物学中）遗传的,世袭的,遗传性
- hereditism n.遗传论,遗传学
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