/kənˈtɪnjuəm/
con·tinuum
BrE /kənˈtɪnjuəm/
NAmE /kənˈtɪnjuəm/
(
plural
con·tinua
BrE /kənˈtɪnjuə/
NAmE /kənˈtɪnjuə/
)
a series of similar items in which each is almost the same as the ones next to it but the last is very different from the first
SYN cline
It is impossible to say at what point along the continuum a dialect becomes a separate language.
The Creole language is really various dialects arranged on a continuum.
克里奥耳语其实是多种方言的一个统一体。
All the organisms in an ecosystem are part of an evolutionary continuum.
生态系统中的所有生物都是进化连续体的一个环节