peninsula 英 [pəˈnɪnsjələ]   美 [pəˈnɪnsələ]

peninsula

peninsula  英 [pəˈnɪnsjələ] 美 [pəˈnɪnsələ]

n. 半岛 

名词复数:peninsulas 

the Iberian peninsula  伊比利亚半岛
I had walked around the entire peninsula. 我走遍了整个半岛。

  • Part of Italy is a peninsula, and it's a pretty famous one, because it looks like a boot. A peninsula juts into the water but has at least a narrow a connection to land. If the boot broke off from Italy just below the "knee," it would be an island.
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  • n. 半岛
  • 1. the Iberian peninsula

    伊比利亚半岛

  • 2. I had walked around the entire peninsula.

    我走遍了整个半岛。

  • 3. His house is located on the tip of the peninsula.

    他的房子位于半岛的顶端.

  • peninsula (n.) 1530s, from Latin paeninsula "a peninsula," literally "almost an island," from paene "almost" (see penitence) + insula "island" (see isle). Earlier translated as demie island.
pen·in·sula / pəˈnɪnsjələ ; NAmE pəˈnɪnsələ / noun an area of land that is almost surrounded by water but is joined to a larger piece of land 半岛 the Iberian peninsula (= Spain and Portugal) 伊比利亚半岛 peninsula peninsulas pen·in·sula / pəˈnɪnsjələ ; NAmE pəˈnɪnsələ /
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