australia

australia — 名詞

1. a country between the Indian and Pacific Oceans, made up of one huge island belo

1.名詞A1
釋義

澳洲

南半球的島嶼國家，首都為坎培拉

a country between the Indian and Pacific Oceans, made up of one huge island below Asia plus the smaller island of Tasmania, with Canberra as its capital and English as its main language.

例句

Xiomara spent a year backpacking across Australia, from Sydney to the red Outback deserts.

Xiomara 把空檔年的時間都花在背包旅行，從雪梨一路走到澳洲內陸的紅色沙漠。

preposition: across Australia

Many people in Australia live near the coast because the centre is very dry.

澳洲很多人住在沿海地區，因為國家中部非常乾燥。

preposition: in Australia

常見搭配
  • fly to Australia
  • live in Australia
  • across Australia
  • the coast of Australia
  • outback Australia
同義詞
  • Down Under

    informal nickname, often used by speakers from Britain or North America

  • Oz

    very informal slang, mostly spoken; common among Australians and British people

用法筆記

Always capitalised as a proper noun; takes no article ('in Australia', not 'in the Australia'). The related adjective and demonym is 'Australian'.

常見錯誤

She lives in the Australia.
She lives in Australia.
country names like Australia take no definite article.
He is an Australia.
He is an Australian.
for a person from this country, use the demonym 'Australian', not the country name.

同根字

  • Australian
    形容詞A1
  • Australian
    名詞A1
  • Aussie
    名詞B2
  • Aussie
    形容詞B2

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • the coast of Australia
  • the people of Australia
  • the government of Australia

常用片語

  • made in Australia
  • born in Australia
  • travel around Australia

介系詞搭配

  • in Australia
  • to Australia
  • from Australia
  • across Australia