单词 | peninsulated |
释义 | peninsulatedadj. Of land: surrounded by water; made into a peninsula, formed into peninsulas. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > promontory, headland, or cape > [adjective] > peninsula peninsulara1613 peninsulated1781 1781 H. P. Wyndham Gentleman's Tour (ed. 2) 36 The bold craggy shore, and the broken peninsulated knoles. 1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire I. i. i. 58 The coast of Caernarvonshire, southward from Menai Straits, is formed by the peninsulated hundred of Lleyn. 1870 W. Chambers Wintering at Mentone i. 16 The picturesquely peninsulated shores of the Mediterranean. 1948 Geogr. Jrnl. 112 140 East Asia and its peninsulated coast and narrows seas. 1997 Redcliffe & Bayside Herald (Queensland) (Nexis) 26 Mar. My wheels are heading north towards Peninsulated land. The Bay lies like a mirror. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1781 |
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