peninsula

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /pəˈnɪn.sjə.lə/|/ˈpɛn.ɪn.sjʊ.lə/    美 /pəˈnɪn.sə.lə/|/pɪˈnɪn.sjʊ.lə/|/ˈpɛn.ɪn.sjʊ.lə/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass.
    — Man cancelling Lisa's inauguration as president: I sentence you to a lifetime of horror on Monster Island. Don't worry, it's just a name. [Lisa and others are chased by fire-breathing monsters] Lisa: He said it was just a name! Man being chased by monsters: What he meant is that Monster Island is actually a peninsula.

词形变化

peninsulas plural peninsulae plural pæninsula alternative,archaic

词源

Borrowed from Latin paenīnsula, from paene (“almost”), and īnsula (“island”).
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