continent

• n. 大陸、大陸、陸地
• adj.自制心のある、抑制された

con-、強調する。-tin、保持する、保持する、語源的にはcontain、tenableと同じである。

continent

continent: [14] Continent comes via Old French from Latin continēns, the present participle of continēre ‘hold together, enclose, contain’ (source of English contain). From the beginning it meant in general ‘exercising self-restraint’; of the more specific senses, ‘chaste’ developed in the 14th century and ‘able to retain urine and faeces’ apparently in the early 19th century.

The word’s noun use developed from the Latin phrase terra continēns ‘continuous land’ (for this sense of Latin continēre see CONTINUE). It was at first applied in the 16th century to any large continuous expanse of territory, and from the early 17th century specifically to any of the Earth’s major landmasses (the English use of ‘the Continent’ for mainland Europe is roughly contemporary with this).
=> contain, content, continue, countenance

continent (adj.)

late 14c., "self-restraining," from Old French continent and directly from Latin continentem (nominative continens) "holding together, continuous," present participle of continere "hold together" (see contain). Meaning moved from "exercising self-restraint" to "chaste" 14c., and to bowel and bladder control 19c.

continent (n.)

"large land mass," 1550s, from continent land (mid-15c.), translating Latin terra continens "continuous land," from continens, present participle of continere (see continent (adj.)).

1. Its shops are among the most stylish on the Continent .

その店舗はヨーロッパで最もスタイリッシュな店舗の列に入っている。

2.The title track is a pointed meditation on a continent gone wrong.

表題曲は、誤った大陸への深い思いである。

3.The American continent 's geography severely limited the lines of attack.

アメリカ大陸の地形は攻撃ルートを深刻に制限している。

4.We import an incredible amount of cheese from the Continent .

ヨーロッパ大陸から驚くべき数のチーズを輸入しています。

5.Natural disasters have obvi-ously contributed to the continent 's economic criss.

自然災害もこの大陸部の経済危機の原因の一つであることは明らかである。