African nation, named for the river that runs through it, which is from a Bantu word meaning "mountains" (i.e., the river that flows from the mountains). As an adjective, Congoese is native English (1797) but has been supplanted by Congolese (1900), from French Congolais.
双语例句
1. He went to the Congo to examine a new volcano.
他曾去刚果察看一座新火山.
来自《用法词典》
2. In June, 1960, the Congo was plunged into five years of civil war and political anarchy.
1960年的6月，刚果陷入了5年的内战和政治上的无政府状态。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Too much rain is the problem of the equatorial lands in the Amazon and Congo basins.
雨水过多是亚马逊河与刚果河流域赤道地区的大问题.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. In 1948, he went to lake Kivu in the Congo to observe a new volcano which he later named Kituro.
1948年他到冈果的基乌湖去观察一个新的火山,后来他把这座火山命名为基特罗.
来自《用法词典》
5. Belgium sent its troops to Congo, stating that the aim was to protect and evacuate Europeans.
