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。
• 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。
• The Yellow Sea sits between the Korean peninsula and China.
  黄海位于朝鲜半岛和中国之间。
• Russia then annexed Ukraine's Black Sea Crimean Peninsula, and a pro-Russia mutiny has engulfed eastern Ukraine.
  俄罗斯紧接着就吞并了乌克兰的黑海克里米亚半岛，一场亲俄的反抗席卷了乌克兰东部。
• The region of Malaysia on the Malay Peninsula.
  马来西亚位于马来半岛上的一个地区。
• 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。
• I had walked around the entire peninsula.
  我走遍了整个半岛。
• 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。
• 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。