1758, Latinization of French polynésie, coined 1756 by French writer Charles de Brosses (1709-1777) in "Histoire des navigations aux terres australes, contenant ce que l'on sait des moeurs et des productions des contrées découvertes jusqu'à ce jour" (and first in English in a review of it), coined from Greek polys "many" (see poly-) + nesos "island" (see Chersonese). Related: Polynesian.
雙語例句
1. Maggie's head was spinning in a daze of ultramarine blue far removed from Catholicism or Polynesia.
麥琪的思想遠(yuǎn)離天主教而沉入了讓人眼花繚亂的深藍(lán)色中.
來自辭典例句
2. The Maori came from the island of Polynesia in the Pacific.
毛利人來自太平洋的波利尼西亞島嶼.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
3. It abuts the Tropic of Cancer, constituted the Polynesia archipelago north vanguard.
它緊靠北回歸線, 構(gòu)成了波利尼西亞群島的北方前鋒.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
4. The Polynesia Island lies in the Pacific.
波利尼西亞島在太平洋上.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
5. The islands of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia.