relating to the Mediterranean Sea or the countries that surround it; typical of this area 地中海的 a Mediterranean country 地中海国家 a Mediterranean climate 地中海气候
Oxford Collocations DictionaryMediterranean is used with these nouns:- blood
- climate
- coast
- …
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin mediterraneus ‘inland’ (from medius ‘middle’ + terra ‘land’) + -an.