antipodes

英 [æn'tɪpədi:z] 美 [æn'tɪpədi:z]

n.  (常作幽默)澳大利亚和新西兰,澳新



牛津词典

noun

  1. (常作幽默)澳大利亚和新西兰,澳新
    a way of referring to Australia and New Zealand, often used in a humorous way

    柯林斯词典

    1. 澳(大利亚和)新(西兰)
      People sometimes refer to Australia and New Zealand as the Antipodes .

      双语例句

      1. This approach to carbonyl compounds also allows the synthesis of either optical antipodes.
        这个一氧化碳合成方法也可以制备任何一个旋光对映体。
      2. The opposite side of the earth; the antipodes.
        对跖面,对跖点地球的对面;
      3. I'm not sure where we're going next summer but I rather fancy the antipodes.
        我还不能确定明年夏天我们去哪儿,但我挺喜欢澳洲。
      4. The authors introduce equivalent antipodes at the receiver to transform the antipodal propagation to several equivalent point-to-point communication systems.
        通过在接收端引人等效对跖点,将短波对跖通信转化成了若干个等效对跖通信链路。
      5. The rise of the internet was supposed to create a global village, in which people would be as likely to have friends in the antipodes as in their own street.
        随着互联网的兴起,人们认为我们会住在地球村里面,在这里人们可以和澳大利亚以及新西兰的人交朋友就像在他们自己所在的大街上一样。
      6. Honey was commonly used in medicine before antibiotics became widespread. It is still used in the Antipodes; an Australian company makes a product called medihoney for medicinal use.
        在抗生素普及前,蜂蜜就已经是一种常用药物,如今澳大利亚和新西兰两国也还在应用;澳大利亚一公司还生产了一种名为medihoney的药品。
      7. Relating to the Antipodes or situated at opposite sides of the earth.
        正相反的或处于正对立面的。
      8. On the other side of the world in Auckland, a guy was doing just the same thing with the other piece of bread at the antipodes point in New Zealand.
        在世界另一端的新西兰奥克兰市,对跖点所在地,另一个人拿着另外一片面包做着同样的举动。
      9. There are two double islands, roughly the same size, positioned at each other's antipodes, or farthest-distant point.
        地球上有两组大小约略相同、位置相对或者说相距最为遥远的双岛。
      10. The antipodes of any spot on the planet is the place diametrically opposite it, on the other side of the world.
        同一条地球直径上的另一端,就是任何一个地方在地球上的对跖点,即与之对应的世界的另一端。
      11. I knew that the man who had gone to the antipodes, and won a fortune for his wife, would leave no stone unturned in his efforts to find her.
        我知道那人跑到英国的对跖地,为他的妻子挣得了一份财产,他自会排除万难、千方百计找到她的。