geography
英 [dʒɪ'ɒgrəfɪ]
美 [dʒɪ'ɑɡrəfi]
CET4 TEM4 考 研 CET6
1、geo- + -graphy.
2、含义：description of the earth's surface.
geography 地理geo-, 地，地球。-graphy, 写，描述，词源同telegraphy.
- geography
- geography: [16] All the English ‘geo-’ words (geography, geology [18], geometry [14], etc) come ultimately from Greek gē ‘earth’, a word probably of pre-Indo-European origin, whose Homeric form gaia was used as the name of the Greek goddess of the earth. Geography denotes literally the ‘describing of the earth’; geometry the ‘measuring of the earth’ (from its early application to the measuring of land and surveying).
=> geology, geometry - geography (n.)
- "the science of description of the earth's surface in its present condition," 1540s, from Middle French géographie (15c.), from Latin geographia, from Greek geographia "description of the earth's surface," from geo- "earth" + -graphia "description" (see -graphy).
- 1. Why are Geography, Drama, Art and English in the ascendant?
- 为什么地理、戏剧、艺术和英语逐渐受宠？
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The American continent's geography severely limited the lines of attack.
- 美洲大陆的地形严重限制了进攻路线。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Geography was my weak subject.
- 地理是我的弱项。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. I still haven't done my geography homework.
- 我还没做完地理科家庭作业呢。
来自《权威词典》
- 5. the physical geography of Scotland
- 苏格兰的地形
来自《权威词典》
