Isthmus
['ɪsθməs;'ɪstməs;'ɪsməs] or ['ɪsməs]
解释:
(noun.) a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure.
(noun.) a relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas.
录入:尼科尔--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A neck or narrow slip of land by which two continents are connected, or by which a peninsula is united to the mainland; as, the Isthmus of Panama; the Isthmus of Suez, etc.
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解释:
n. a narrow neck of land connecting two larger portions.—adj. Isth′mian pertaining to an isthmus esp. the Isthmus of Corinth.—The Isthmian games were celebrated in the Isthmian sanctuary on the north-east shore of the isthmus.
手打:普里西拉
例句:
- Altogether, on the Isthmus and on the Pacific side, we were delayed six weeks. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- He sailed from the Isthmus of Panama in 1530, with an expedition of a hundred and sixty-eight Spaniards. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- July is at the height of the wet season, on the Isthmus. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- He started back by the Isthmus route and was sick all the way. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- Of course, at that time, there was no canal, and no Suez; but I managed somehow to get across the isthmus to Alexandria. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- The narrowness of the Isthmus naturally suggested the cutting of a waterway through it. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- Corinth and the states behind the Isthmus wanted the fleet to fall back to that position, abandoning the cities of Megara and ?gina. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
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