It overran a whole continent.
整个澳洲兔子成灾。
新概念英语第四册 Lesson 17 A man-made disease

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

continent ['kɑntɪnənt] 词频2 词根: con
n. 大陆，陆地;欧洲大陆;<美>北美洲大陆; adj. 自制的，克制的;节欲的;贞洁的;禁欲的;
💡 con共同+tin握，持+ent表示物→保持连在一起的陆地→大陆，陆地，大洲
"the continent of Africa"
非洲大陆
近义：mainland, moderate, abstemious, abstinent, austere, restrained 反义：indomitable, rampant, rebel, runaway, saturnalian, savage
whole [hol] 词频1
adj. 全部的，所有的;完整的; n. 整体，整个;全部;
💡 who(谁)+le(乐): 整个的 用W去堵洞(hole)不就变成 整个的了吗？
"The whole building was soon ablaze."
整栋大楼很快就熊熊燃烧起来。
近义：totality, unity, continuum, entirety, intact, integral 反义：quota, share, slice, imperfect, sketchy, unaccomplished
overran
overrun的过去式

📚 更多「新概念英语第四册」例句

the king himself set out to penetrate the camp of Guthrum, the commander of the Danish invaders.
他亲自潜入丹麦入侵司令官古瑟罗姆的营地。
is to make your interests gradually wider and more impersonal,
就是逐渐使自己的兴趣更加广泛，逐渐摆脱个人狭小的圈子，
That all great has this power of suggesting a world beyond is undeniable.
不可否认，一切伟大的艺术都具有使人遐想到进入天外世界的魅力。
Many strange new means of transport have been developed in our century,
本世纪已研制出许多新奇的交通工具，
Such administrative overheads in a business are analogous to the cost of government in a nation.
一家企业的这种行政管理开支类似于一个国家的政府管理所用的开支。
Of course a writer doing this is misunderstood:
作家如此行事当然会被人误解。