half-island

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A piece of land which is "halfway" an island; a byland; peninsula.
    — Because of its half-island identity, the Korean peninsula has instilled among those who live along its coasts and on some of the over three thousand mostly small offshore islands, a long-term interest in fisheries.
  2. An area of land occupying part or half of an island.
    — Yunen finds the "study of the half-island" to be no better than a "half-study," one whose artificially narrow scope blocks the understanding of shared problems and the finding of shared solutions.

词形变化

half-islands plural half island alternative

词源

From half- + island. Compare German Halbinsel (“peninsula”, literally “half-island”), Latin paeninsula (“peninsula”, literally “almost-island”).
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