con·ti·nent /ˈkɑntṇənt/
 大陸,洲(a.)自製的,克制的
 con·ti·nent /ˈkɑntṇənt/ 形容詞
 節制的,節欲的
 Con·ti·nent a.
 1. Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing. [Obs.]
 2. Exercising restraint as to the indulgence of desires or passions; temperate; moderate.
    Have a continent forbearance till the speed of his rage goes slower.
 3. Abstaining from sexual intercourse; exercising restraint upon the sexual appetite; esp., abstaining from illicit sexual intercourse; chaste.
    My past life
    Hath been as continent, as chaste, as true,
    As I am now unhappy.
 4. Not interrupted; connected; continuous; as, a continent fever. [Obs.]
    The northeast part of Asia is, if not continent with the west side of America, yet certainly it is the least disoined by sea of all that coast.   --Berrewood.
 Con·ti·nent, n.
 1. That which contains anything; a receptacle. [Obs.]
    The smaller continent which we call a pipkin.   --Bp. Kennet.
 2. One of the grand divisions of land on the globe; the main land; specifically Phys. Geog., a large body of land differing from an island, not merely in its size, but in its structure, which is that of a large basin bordered by mountain chains; as, the continent of North America.
 Note: ☞ The continents are now usually regarded as six in number: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia. But other large bodies of land are also reffered to as continents; as, the Antarctic continent; the continent of Greenland. Europe, Asia, and Africa are often grouped together as the Eastern Continent, and North and South America as the Western Continent.
 The Continent, the main land of Europe, as distinguished from the islands, especially from England.
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 continent
      adj 1: having control over urination and defecation [ant: incontinent]
      2: abstaining from sexual intercourse; "celibate priests" [syn:
          celibate]
      n 1: one of the large landmasses of the earth; "there are seven
           continents"; "pioneers had to cross the continent on
           foot"
      2: the European mainland; "Englishmen like to visit the
         Continent but they wouldn't like to live there"