isthmus

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈɪsθ.məs/|/ˈɪs.məs/|/ˈɪz.məs/    美 /ˈɪs.məs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, and connecting two larger landmasses.
  2. Any such narrow part connecting two larger structures.
  3. An edge in a graph whose deletion increases the number of connected components of the graph.

词形变化

isthmuses plural isthmi plural

词汇关系

衍生词
isthmectomy isthmian isthmic isthmitis isthmoid isthmo- isthm- isthmusectomy Isthmus-Mecayapan Nahuatl Isthmus Nahuatl isthmus of fauces Isthmus of Perekop Isthmus of Suez Isthmus Zapotec

词源

Borrowing from Latin isthmus (“a strip of land between two seas”), from Ancient Greek ῐ̓σθμός (ĭsthmós, “neck, narrow passage”), possibly from εἶμῐ (eîmĭ, “to go”). Cognate to Old Norse eið (“isthmus”).
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