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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Continental \Con`ti*nen"tal\, n. (Amer. Hist.)
   A soldier in the Continental army, or a piece of the
   Continental currency. See {Continental}, a., 3.

Continental \Con`ti*nen"tal\, a.
   1. Of or pertaining to a continent.

   2. Of or pertaining to the main land of Europe, in
      distinction from the adjacent islands, especially England;
      as, a continental tour; a continental coalition.
      --Macaulay.

            No former king had involved himself so frequently in
            the labyrinth of continental alliances. --Hallam.

   3. (Amer. Hist.) Of or pertaining to the confederated
      colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary
      War; as, Continental money.

            The army before Boston was designated as the
            Continental army, in contradistinction to that under
            General Gage, which was called the ``Ministerial
            army.''                               --W. Irving.

   {Continental Congress}. See under {Congress}.

   {Continental system} (Hist.), the blockade of Great Britain
      ordered by Napoleon by the decree of Berlin, Nov. 21,
      1806; the object being to strike a blow at the maritime
      and commercial supremacy of Great Britain, by cutting her
      off from all intercourse with the continent of Europe.

资料来源 : WordNet®

continental
     adj 1: of or pertaining to or typical of Europe; "a Continental
            breakfast"
     2: of or relating to or concerning the American colonies during
        and immediately after the Revolutionary War; "the
        Continental Army"; "the Continental Congress"
     3: of or relating to or characteristic of a continent; "the
        continental divide"; "continental drift"
     4: being or concerning or limited to a continent especially the
        continents of North America or Europe; "the continental
        United States"; "continental Europe"; "continental waters"
        [ant: {intercontinental}]