peninsula
英[pɪ'nɪnsjʊlə]
美[pə'nɪnsələ]
- n. 半岛
词态变化
复数: peninsulas;
中文词源
peninsula 半岛
来自拉丁语paeninsula,半岛，来自paene,几乎，接近，词源同penultimate,insula,岛，词源同insular.
英文词源
- peninsula
- peninsula: see island
- peninsula (n.)
- 1530s, from Latin pæninsula "a peninsula," literally "almost an island," from pæne "almost" + insula "island" (see isle). Earlier translated as demie island.
双语例句
- 1. The boat was anchored off the northern coast of the peninsula.
- 这艘船停泊在离该半岛北部海岸不远的地方。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Quiberon is set on an eight-mile peninsula.
- 基伯龙位于一个8英里大小的半岛上。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. All the attractions of the peninsula beckon.
- 半岛上的各处景点无不令人心驰神往。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Dalian is in the south of the Liaodong Peninsula.
- 大连位于辽东半岛南部.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 5. Korean peninsula lies to the west of Japan.
- 朝鲜半岛在日本以西.
来自《简明英汉词典》