antipodes

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The place on the diametrically opposite side of the earth from a given point. uncountable
    — We should hold day with the Antipodes, If you would walk in absence of the sun.
  2. The Southern Hemisphere. uncountable
    — […]a delighted shout from the children swung him toward the door again. His sister, Mrs. Gerard, stood there in carriage gown and sables, radiant with surprise. ¶ "Phil! You! Exactly like you, Philip, to come strolling in from the antipodes—dear fellow!" recovering from the fraternal embrace and holding both lapels of his coat in her gloved hands.
  3. Australia and New Zealand. UK,archaic,uncountable
  4. The opposite of something. broadly,figuratively,uncountable
    — The sleepy yet shrewd judge was the antipodes to confidence, but to Don Manuel he felt no hesitation in frankly stating his actions and their motives, from his first arrival in Spain to the present time.
  5. plural of antipode form-of,plural,uncountable

词汇关系

衍生词
at antipodes antipodean

词源

From Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀντίποδες (antípodes), from ἀντί (antí, “opposite”) + πόδες (pódes), plural of πούς (poús, “foot”).
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