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单词

peninsula

读音
pəˈnɪnsjələ
美式 pɪ'nɪnsələr
英式 pəˈnɪnsjələ
词根

Peninsula 来自于拉丁文“paeninsula”,最初,其词根"paene"意味着“几乎”,而 -insula 意为"岛"。所以,Peninsula 最直接的意思就是 "近似于岛"。

释义

["n. 半岛\n \n [\n 复数\n peninsulas\n ]"]

例句

The boat was anchored off the northern coast of the peninsula.
那只船停泊在了离半岛北海岸不远处。
Dalian is in the south of the Liaodong Peninsula.
大连位于辽东半岛南部。
The "Empty Quarter" is a huge area of sand that covers about a quarter of the Arabian Peninsula.
“空白之地”是一大片沙地,覆盖了四分之一的阿拉伯半岛。
Landfill sites on the Iberian peninsula have long attracted local white storks, but all of the Spanish birds tagged in the study flew across the Sahara desert to the western Sahel

强化记忆

为了帮助记忆,你可以记住它的词根 paene (几乎) 和 insula (岛),这样你就可以理解为它其实就是"几乎是岛",就是我们所说的半岛。

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My giving circle,(Peninsula Latina Giving Circle),
This sort of thing is happening all over the world right now.In conflicts from the Crimean Peninsulato Latin America,
Beginning in the 3rd century, before the coming era,the Romans conquered the Iberian Peninsula.This period gave rise to several regional languages in the area that's now Spain,
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