peninsula

island, peninsula

名词 peninsula:

1. a large mass of land projecting into a body of water

1. A promontory of southeast Newfoundland, Canada, on the coast of the Avalon Peninsula.
   莱思角加拿大纽芬兰省东南部一海角，位于亚法隆半岛沿岸
2. An arm of the Red Sea between the Sinai Peninsula and northwest Saudi Arabia. It has long been of strategic importance in the Middle East.
   阿克巴湾红海的一个海湾，在西奈半岛及沙特阿拉伯西北部之间。它长期以来在中东具有重要的战略性
3. An ancient region and Roman province of the Iberian Peninsula. It corresponded roughly to modern-day Portugal.
   卢西塔尼亚古代一个地区，是古罗马帝国在伊伯利亚半岛的一个省份，大致相当于今天的葡萄牙
4. Italy is a peninsula.
   意大利是一个半岛。

pen.in.su.la

n.（名词）
A piece of land that projects into a body of water and is connected with the mainland by an isthmus.
半岛：一块突入水域且以地峡和大陆相连的陆地

来源：
Latin paenonsula
拉丁语 paenonsula
paene [almost]
paene [差不多]
onsula [island]
onsula [岛屿]

【引伸】
penin.sular
adj.（形容词）