peninsula

英 [pəˈnɪnsjələ]

美 [pəˈnɪnsələ]

n.  半岛

复数：peninsulas　

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牛津词典

noun

• 半岛
  an area of land that is almost surrounded by water but is joined to a larger piece of land
  1. the Iberian peninsula (= Spain and Portugal)
     伊比利亚半岛

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 半岛
  Apeninsulais a long narrow piece of land which sticks out from a larger piece of land and is almost completely surrounded by water.
  1. ...the political situation in the Korean peninsula...
     朝鲜半岛的政治局势
  2. I had walked around the entire peninsula.
     我走遍了整个半岛。

英英释义

noun

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

双语例句

• The Yellow Sea sits between the Korean peninsula and China.
  黄海位于朝鲜半岛和中国之间。
• The mechanism of the effect on the South China Sea summer monsoon of the Indo-China Peninsula is also discussed.
  同时还就中南半岛影响南海夏季风建立和维持的机制进行了讨论。
• 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。
• Am telling you about a peaceful peninsula.
  我将告诉你一个安宁的半岛。
• I had walked around the entire peninsula.
  我走遍了整个半岛。
• A country in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula.
  亚洲东南部的一个国家，包括马来半岛的南部和婆罗洲岛的北部。
• A peninsula in eastern Siberia; between Bering Sea and Sea of Okhotsk.
  苏联东北部的一个半岛；位于白令海和鄂霍次克海之间。
• Detectives have run into a conspiracy of silence in the tight-knit communities of the peninsula.
  侦探们犯了难，半岛上各个群体抱成一团，达成了保持缄默的密约。
• We've prohibited torture and strengthened partnerships from the Pacific to South Asia to the Arabian Peninsula.
  我们禁止酷刑，加强了从太平洋到南亚和阿拉伯半岛的伙伴关系。
• Another small low pressure system will move across the Yellow Sea and towards the Korean Peninsula.
  另一个小低压系统将横越黄海和对朝鲜半岛。