"the sea between southern Europe and northern Africa," c. 1400, from Late Latin Mediterraneum mare "Mediterranean Sea" (7c.), from Latin mediterraneus "midland;" the original sense being of "sea in the middle of the earth," from medius "middle" (see medial (adj.)) + terra "land, earth" (see terrain). The Old English name was Wendel-sæ, so called for the Vandals, Germanic tribe that settled on the southwest coast of it after the fall of Rome. The noun meaning "a person of Mediterranean race" is from 1888.
双语例句
1. Britain bakes in a Mediterranean heatwave.
地中海的热浪炙烤着英国。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Mediterranean oat held to be progenitor of modern cultivated oat.
地中海地区燕麦,被认为是现代栽种燕麦的祖先.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. An American naval force is showing the flag in various Mediterranean ports.