Antarcticの意味・使い方・発音

Antarctic

美 [æn'tɑrktɪk]

antarctic: antarctic: see arctic
antarctic (adj.): late 14c., antartyk "opposite to the north pole" (adj.), also (with capital A) "region around the South pole" (n.), from Old French antartique, from Medieval Latin antarcticus, from Greek antarktikos "opposite the north," from anti- "opposite" (see anti-) + arktikos "arctic" (see arctic). The first -c- sound ceased to be pronounced in Medieval Latin and was dropped in Old French. Modern English spelling, which restores it, dates from 17c.

1. Antarctic air brought biting cold to southern Chile on Thursday.: 木曜日、南極の気流はチリ南部に骨を刺すような寒さをもたらした。

2.The snow cruiser proved hopelessly unsuited to Antarctic conditions.: 雪上車が南極地域で使用するのに全く適していないことを証明した。

3.Because of the extreme cold，the Antarctic is a uniquely fragile environment.極寒は南極地域では唯一の脆弱な環境をもたらした。


4.Scott of the Antarctic was a national hero of mythic proportions.: 南極探検家スコットは有名な民族英雄だ。