African nation, named for the river that runs through it, which is from a Bantu word meaning "mountains" (i.e., the river that flows from the mountains). As an adjective, Congoese is native English (1797) but has been supplanted by Congolese (1900), from French Congolais.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. He went to the Congo to examine a new volcano.
他曾去剛果察看一座新火山.
來(lái)自《用法詞典》
2. In June, 1960, the Congo was plunged into five years of civil war and political anarchy.