Promontory
['prɒm(ə)nt(ə)rɪ] or ['prɑməntɔri]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea).
克莱儿整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A high point of land or rock projecting into the sea beyond the line of coast; a headland; a high cape.
(n.) A projecting part. Especially: (a) The projecting angle of the ventral side of the sacrum where it joins the last lumbar vertebra. (b) A prominence on the inner wall of the tympanum of the ear.
简錄入
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Headland, foreland, cape.
錄入:斯威尼
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Headland, jutland, cape
ANT:Bay, cove, recess
尤金伲亚整理
解釋/意思:
n. a headland or high cape jutting out into the sea: (anat.) a projection on the sacrum: a rounded elevation in the tympanum of the ear.
整理:罗威娜
例句/造句/用法:
- I eagerly traced the windings of the land, and hailed a steeple which I at length saw issuing from behind a small promontory. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- Ahead of them was a reddish promontory running out into the calm waters, the trees fringing its crest like the mane of some wild animal. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- As I turned the promontory, I perceived a small neat town and a good harbour, which I entered, my heart bounding with joy at my unexpected escape. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- To Pernambuco, on the eastern promontory of South America, the distance via Magellan is 9,748 miles; via the canal 6,746 miles. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The fog of sultriness still hung over the city, but ahead lay a fresh world of ruffled waters, and distant promontories with light-houses in the sun. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
手打:玛丽安