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

• A peninsula in northern Siberia.
  西伯利亚北部的一个半岛。
• The north's push to make the zones work coincides with an easing in tensions on the divided peninsula and tentative signs of detente between Pyongyang and washington.
  朝鲜努力使经济特区得以运作，这可以缓解朝鲜半岛的紧张局势，同时也是在试探性地缓和平壤和华盛顿间的关系。
• The island chain stretches northeast from Japan's main northern island of Hokkaido to Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.
  岛链东北部从日本主要的北部岛屿北海道延伸到俄国的堪察加半岛。
• It is difficult to imagine how the North and South could ever agree on a formula to unify the divided peninsula.
  很难想象南北双方在统一半岛的方案上究竟怎样才能达成一致。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Five years later, Japan formally annexed the entire peninsula.
  五年后，日本正式吞并了整个半岛。
• The "Declaration" has played an active role in easing tensions in the Korean Peninsula.
  这一《宣言》对缓和朝鲜半岛紧张局势起到了积极作用。