Old World

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專有名詞

the Old World

1. 舊大陸
   1. 東半球，尤指歐洲、亞洲和非洲

      反義詞: New World

   2. 歐洲人探索美洲之前的已知世界
      • 1859，Ferna Vale，Natalie; or, A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds:

        Over the mind of the tourist, visiting the Old World for the first time,—countries where have transpired thrilling events recorded in history, what an immensity of thought and feeling sweeps!

        對於第一次來到舊大陸——那些歷史上發生過激動人心事件的國家——的遊客來說，心中會湧起多麼巨大的思緒和情感啊！

      • 2021-2022 Winter，James R. Poplar III，「America: The Great Experiment in Human Governance」, in SAR Magazine，第 116 卷, 第 3 期, Louisville, KY: Sons of the American Revolution, →ISSN, →OCLC，第 19 頁，第 1 欄:

        When our Founding Fathers broke with the old world, America indeed was an experiment, and history has shown that such experiments were tried on few occasions but previously failed.

        當我們的開國元勛們與舊大陸決裂時，美國的確是一場實驗，而歷史表明，此類實驗雖然嘗試過幾次，但都失敗了。

派生詞彙

• Old World monkey
• Old World mouse
• Old World oriole
• Old World porcupine
• Old World quail
• Old World rat
• Old World ROM
• Old World screwworm
• Old World sparrow
• Old World vulture

相關詞彙

• old-world (形容詞)

異序詞

• world-old