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单词 peninsula
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peninsula


pen·in·su·la

P0164500 (pə-nĭn′syə-lə, -sə-lə)n. Abbr. Pen. A piece of land that juts out from a larger land mass and is mostly surrounded by water.
[Latin paenīnsula : paene, almost + īnsula, island.]
pen·in′su·lar adj.

peninsula

(pɪˈnɪnsjʊlə) n (Physical Geography) a narrow strip of land projecting into a sea or lake from the mainland[C16: from Latin, literally: almost an island, from paene pene- + insula island] penˈinsular adjUsage: The noun peninsula is sometimes confused with the adjective peninsular: the Iberian peninsula (not peninsular)

Peninsula

n (Placename) the Peninsula short for the Iberian Peninsula

pen•in•su•la

(pəˈnɪn sə lə, -ˈnɪns yə lə)

n., pl. -las. 1. land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland. 2. the Peninsula, a. Iberia (def. 1). b. a district in SE Virginia between the York and James rivers: Civil War battles. [1530–40; < Latin paenīnsula=paen(e) almost + īnsula island] pen•in′su•lar, adj.

pen·in·su·la

(pə-nĭn′syə-lə) A piece of land that projects into a body of water and is connected with a larger landmass.

peninsula

A narrow strip of land that is almost surrounded by water.
Thesaurus
Noun1.peninsula - a large mass of land projecting into a body of waterpeninsula - a large mass of land projecting into a body of waterdry land, ground, solid ground, terra firma, earth, land - the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground"

peninsula

noun cape, point, head, horn, bluff, mull (Scot.), headland, promontory the Korean peninsula
Translations
半岛

peninsula

(pəˈninsjulə) noun a piece of land that is almost surrounded by water. the Malay peninsula. 半島 半岛peˈninsular adjective of or like a peninsula. 半島的,半島狀的 半岛的,半岛状的

peninsula

半岛zhCN

peninsula


peninsula

a narrow strip of land projecting into a sea or lake from the mainland

Peninsula

 

a body of land surrounded on three sides by water, with the fourth side connected to a continent or island. In most cases peninsulas are geologically part of a continent.

peninsula

[pə′nin·sə·lə] (geography) A body of land extending into water from the mainland, sometimes almost entirely separated from the mainland except for an isthmus.

peninsula


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Synonyms for peninsula

noun cape

Synonyms

  • cape
  • point
  • head
  • horn
  • bluff
  • mull
  • headland
  • promontory

Words related to peninsula

noun a large mass of land projecting into a body of water

Related Words

  • dry land
  • ground
  • solid ground
  • terra firma
  • earth
  • land
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