| 单词 | promontory |
| 释义 | promontory (once / 1544 pages) n A promontory is a high, rocky cliff jutting into a body of water. A promontory is just the kind of thing a heroine will threaten to throw herself off of if the love of her life does not return to her. A promontory can be a foreland, headland, or rocky cliff. Think Ireland’s Cliffs of Moher jutting into the sea. Connect promontory with prominent, "important or sticking out," project, "estimate forward" and protrude, "stick out," which also carry this sense of jutting out. In anatomy, promontory can refer to a projecting part of the body. WORD FAMILYpromontory: promontories USAGE EXAMPLESIt occupies an important promontory next to the Broad museum. Los Angeles Times(Oct 28, 2016) We took off again and crossed the border into Canada, paddling all afternoon past granite promontories and tiny islets. New York Times(Oct 21, 2016) Promontory’s experts are expected to help Watson learn. Economist(Oct 20, 2016) n a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea) Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper foreland, head, headland Cape Horn a rocky headland belonging to Chile at the southernmost tip of South America (south of Tierra del Fuego) Rock of Gibraltarlocation of a colony of the United Kingdom on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain; strategically important because it can control the entrance of ships into the Mediterranean; one of the Pillars of Hercules Cape Hatterasa promontory on Hatteras Island off the Atlantic coast of North Carolina Cape Canaverala sandy promontory (formerly Cape Kennedy) extending into the Atlantic Ocean from a barrier island off the eastern coast of Florida; the site of a NASA center for spaceflight Cape Sablea promontory on the far southern part of Nova Scotia Jebel Musaa promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar; one of the Pillars of Hercules mull a term used in Scottish names of promontories pointa promontory extending out into a large body of water elevation, natural elevation a raised or elevated geological formation |
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