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

• 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。
• A peninsula of southwest Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
  阿拉伯半岛亚洲西南部的一个半岛，位于红海与波斯湾之间。
• Five years later, Japan formally annexed the entire peninsula.
  五年后，日本正式吞并了整个半岛。
• 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。
• What do I do after Hellfire Peninsula?
  离开了地狱火半岛之后我要做什么？
• A peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian gulf; strategically important for its oil resources.
  位于红海和波斯湾之间的一个半岛；因为其石油资源而具有重要的战略意义。
• Quiberon is set on an eight-mile peninsula.
  基伯龙位于一个8英里大小的半岛上。
• A peninsula in northern Siberia.
  西伯利亚北部的一个半岛。
• 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。
• 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。