asia
asia — noun
1. the world's largest continent, containing countries such as China, India, Japan,
the world's largest continent, containing countries such as China, India, Japan, and Thailand, and stretching east from Europe to the Pacific.
Elena grew up in Singapore and now researches modern art across Asia.
pattern: across Asia
Many companies in Asia closed early for the Lunar New Year holiday.
business and holiday context
Our class compared family traditions in Asia with those in Europe.
Rohan traced Asia on the classroom map with a blue pencil.
Amani hopes to travel across Asia by train after university.
- the Asian continent
a longer descriptive phrase that stresses the landmass itself
- the continent of Asia
a formal textbook-style phrase used in geography writing
文法句型
in Asia
across Asia
from Asia
用法筆記
Use 'Asia' without 'the' in normal English. Nearby words such as 'trade', 'history', 'travel', and country names often show whether the speaker means the continent as a whole or one part of it, such as East Asia or South Asia.