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单词 antipodes
释义

antipodes

See also: Antipodes

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ænˈtɪp.əˌdiz/[1]
  • (plural of antipode) IPA(key): /ˈæn.tɪ.poʊdz/[1]

Noun

antipodes (uncountable)

  1. The place on the diametrically opposite side of the earth from a given point.
    • 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act V Scene 1
      We should hold day with the Antipodes,
      If you would walk in absence of the sun.
  2. The Southern Hemisphere.
    • 1907, Robert William Chambers, chapter I, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326:
      [] 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 antipodesdear fellow!" recovering from the fraternal embrace and holding both lapels of his coat in her gloved hands.
  3. (Britain, now rare) Australia and New Zealand.
  4. (figuratively, by extension) The opposite of something.
  5. plural of antipode

Derived terms

  • at antipodes
  • antipodean
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  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/antipodes' title='antipodes'>antipodes</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/arthropod' title='arthropod'>arthropod</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/centipede' title='centipede'>centipede</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/cheliped' title='cheliped'>cheliped</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/expede' title='expede'>expede</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/expedience' title='expedience'>expedience</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/expediency' title='expediency'>expediency</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/expedient' title='expedient'>expedient</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/expedite' title='expedite'>expedite</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/expediter' title='expediter'>expediter</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/expedition' title='expedition'>expedition</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/fet' title='fet'>fet</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/fetch' title='fetch'>fetch</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/foot' title='foot'>foot</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/football' title='football'>football</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/impeachment' title='impeachment'>impeachment</a>
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  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/impediment' title='impediment'>impediment</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/impedimenta' title='impedimenta'>impedimenta</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/millipede' title='millipede'>millipede</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/pawn' title='pawn'>pawn</a>
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  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/pessimize' title='pessimize'>pessimize</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/pinniped' title='pinniped'>pinniped</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/-pod' title='-pod'>-pod</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/podiatrist' title='podiatrist'>podiatrist</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/podiatry' title='podiatry'>podiatry</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/podo-' title='podo-'>podo-</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/podology' title='podology'>podology</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/podopompholyx' title='podopompholyx'>podopompholyx</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/quadruped' title='quadruped'>quadruped</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/sesquipedal' title='sesquipedal'>sesquipedal</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/sesquipedalian' title='sesquipedalian'>sesquipedalian</a>

References

  1. antipodes” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Anagrams

  • pintadoes

French

Noun

antipodes m pl

  1. plural of antipode
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