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 pearl and pebble necklaces are a peculiarity of the peninsula.
  珍珠和卵石项链是半岛的一个特色。
• During their talks, Kim Dae-jung introduced the recent situation of the Korean Peninsula.
  在会谈中，金大中介绍了最近的朝鲜半岛形势。
• 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。
• The Yellow Sea sits between the Korean peninsula and China.
  黄海位于朝鲜半岛和中国之间。
• Dalian is in the south of the Liaodong Peninsula.
  大连位于辽东半岛南部。
• A peninsula in northern Siberia.
  西伯利亚北部的一个半岛。
• A former province of northwestern France on a peninsula between the English Channel and the bay of biscay.
  原法国西北部一省，位于英吉利海峡和比斯开湾之间的半岛上。
• 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 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。
• 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。