Peninsula
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[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- n. 半岛
- ［英］ 半岛 ( a piece of land almost completely surrounded by water but joined to a larger mass of land)
- ［记］ pen ( 接近) +insula ( 岛) -> 象岛 -> 半岛
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
noun
- Etymology: Latin paeninsula, from paene almost + insula island
- Date: 1538
- a portion of land nearly surrounded by water and connected with a larger body by an isthmus; also a piece of land jutting out into the water whether with or without a well-defined isthmus
- ? peninsular adjective
