promontory

英 [ˈprɒməntri]

美 [ˈprɑːməntɔːri]

n.  岬，岬角(深入海中的狭长高地)

复数：promontories　

医学

BNC.19815 / COCA.22354

牛津词典

noun

• 岬，岬角（深入海中的狭长高地）
  a long narrow area of high land that goes out into the sea

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 岬；海角
  Apromontoryis a cliff that stretches out into the sea.
  1. ...a promontory jutting out into the bay.
     向海湾伸出的海角

英英释义

noun

• a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
  Synonym:headlandheadforeland

双语例句

• Of yon bold promontory burst to sight.
  陡峭之巅突然闯进视野的城墙。
• Or piny promontory of the Arctic main.
  从北冰洋松树似的岬角。
• On the map that promontory looks like a nose, naughtily turned up.
  从地图上看，那个海角就像一只调皮地翘起来的鼻子。
• An American team explored a temple which stands in an ancient city on the promontory of Ayria Irini.
  一支美国考古队考察了阿伊亚。伊里尼海角一个古城里的一座神庙。
• A stark, rocky promontory towered over a stand of majestic pines.
  一片悬崖高耸在一片巍巍的松树之上。
• Of course, its location is an enormous help, sitting as it does on a promontory with water on three sides and the famous Sydney Harbour Bridge as a picture-postcard backdrop.
  当然，这座建筑有着得天独厚的地理位置：它高踞一个呷角，三面环水，背景是著名的悉尼港大桥。
• Conclusion This study did not find the functional relationship between postoperative speech performance and promontory stimulation threshold, possible reasons for the results were discussed.
  结论本研究未发现术后言语可懂度与鼓岬刺激阈值的函数关系，探讨了其可能的原因。
• This side of the promontory evidently formed a semicircular bay, which the sharp point sheltered from the breakers of the open sea.
  海角的这一面显然形成了一个半圆形的海港，海里的浪花掩盖着海角的尖端。
• The mansion is on a promontory, high over the Pacific.
  该宅邸高高地座落于太平洋的一个海角上。
• A promontory on Hatteras Island off the Atlantic coast of North Carolina.
  美国北卡罗来纳州大西洋海岸的一个海角。