peninsular
名词 n.
形容词 adj.
英 /pəˈnɪn.sjə.lə(ɹ)/|/ˈpɛn.ɪn.sjʊ.lə(ɹ)/
美 /pəˈnɪn.sə.ləɹ/
英文释义
名词 n.
- One who inhabits a peninsula.
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A person born on the Iberian Peninsula who emigrated to a (contemporary or former) Spanish colony.
— Some of the great merchants in the Indies were creoles, but the majority were peninsulares. These latter acted as effective intermediaries between Spain and the colonies.
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Misspelling of peninsula, found chiefly in non-rhotic accents.
— For quotations using this term, see Citations:peninsular.
形容词 adj.
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Of, pertaining to, resembling, or connected with a peninsula or peninsulas.
— The lakeside cottage was on a peninsular spit of land.
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Exhibiting a narrow provincialism; parochial.
— Near-synonym: insular
词汇关系
词源
词源 1
Learned borrowing from Latin paenīnsulāris. By surface analysis, peninsula + -ar. In the historical sense borrowed from Spanish peninsular.
词源 2
Learned borrowing from Latin paenīnsulāris. By surface analysis, peninsula + -ar. In the historical sense borrowed from Spanish peninsular.
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