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.
实用例句
1. Maggie's head was spinning in a daze of ultramarine blue far removed from Catholicism or Polynesia.
麦琪的思想远离天主教而沉入了让人眼花缭乱的深蓝色中.来自辞典例句
2. The Maori came from the island of Polynesia in the Pacific.
毛利人来自太平洋的波利尼西亚岛屿.来自互联网
3. It abuts the Tropic of Cancer, constituted the Polynesia archipelago north vanguard.
它紧靠北回归线, 构成了波利尼西亚群岛的北方前锋.来自互联网
4. The Polynesia Island lies in the Pacific.
波利尼西亚岛在太平洋上.来自互联网
5. The islands of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia.
