peninsula
英 [p?'n?nsj?l?]
美[p?'n?ns?l?]
- n. 半島
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詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?peninsulas;
中文詞源
peninsula 半島
來自拉丁語paeninsula,半島，來自paene,幾乎，接近，詞源同penultimate,insula,島，詞源同insular.
英文詞源
- peninsula
- peninsula: see island
- peninsula (n.)
- 1530s, from Latin p?ninsula "a peninsula," literally "almost an island," from p?ne "almost" + insula "island" (see isle). Earlier translated as demie island.
雙語例句
- 1. The boat was anchored off the northern coast of the peninsula.
- 這艘船停泊在離該半島北部海岸不遠的地方。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Quiberon is set on an eight-mile peninsula.
- 基伯龍位于一個8英里大小的半島上。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. All the attractions of the peninsula beckon.
- 半島上的各處景點無不令人心馳神往。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Dalian is in the south of the Liaodong Peninsula.
- 大連位于遼東半島南部.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 5. Korean peninsula lies to the west of Japan.
- 朝鮮半島在日本以西.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》