continent name attributed to Scottish cartographer John George Bartholomew (1860-1920), who used it on a map published 1887. From antarctic (q.v.). Hypothetical southern continents had been imagined since antiquity; first sighting of Antarctica by Europeans probably was 1820 (Lazarev and Bellingshausen). Also compare Antipodes.
雙語例句
1. Both Chile and Argentina feel very strongly about their territorial claims to Antarctica.
智利和阿根廷對于南極的領土主張都持強硬態度。
來自柯林斯例句
2. ANTARCTICA, that bleak, white place, still defies full understanding.
南極洲這塊白色荒涼的土地仍然使人無法完全了解.
來自百科語句
3. The greater portion of Antarctica is still terra nullius.
南極洲的大部分地方不屬于任何國家.
來自辭典例句
4. Antarctica has always inspired grandiose schemes.