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单词 half-isle
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half-islen.

Brit. /ˈhɑːfʌɪl/, /ˌhɑːfˈʌɪl/, U.S. /ˈhæfˌaɪl/, /ˌhæfˈaɪl/
Forms: see half adj. and isle n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: half adj., isle n.
Etymology: < half adj. + isle n. Compare half-island n., and also demi-isle n.Compare classical Latin paeninsula peninsula n., German Halbinsel (16th cent.; in early use as two words).
A peninsula. Cf. half-island n. 1.
ΘΠ
the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > promontory, headland, or cape > [noun] > peninsula
peninsulaa1552
byland1577
demi-island1600
half-island1600
chersonese1601
demi-isle1609
penisle1611
near-isle1625
1550 W. Lynne tr. J. Carion Thre Bks. Cronicles iii. f. cx Now adayes dwell Gotthy in the half Ile Taurica [L. in Chersoneso Taurica], which speake Dutche, and call themselus Gotthi.
1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. iii. vi. 287 Creekes, promontories, straights, halfe-iles [L. paeninsulas].
1772 tr. A. von Haller Usong II. iii. 87 At Baku he made a short stay, and thought it no mean occupation to view the wonders of nature on the half-isle [Ger. halbinsel] Okefra.
1852 Boston (Mass.) Daily Atlas 17 May Italy is a half isle, open from three sides to the friendship of all who sympathize with civil and religious liberty on earth.
1893 Sunday Inter Ocean (Chicago) 5 Nov. iii. 25/2 What bewildering scenic variations are met in a trip from cape to cape on the historic half isle.
1990 N. Tranter Kenneth (2012) (e-book ed.) On the rocky summit of this half-isle,..Ninian had allegedly built his very first chapel.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022).
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