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    peninsula

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Geography, Geology
    pe·nin·su·la /pəˈnɪnsjələ $ -sələ/ ●○○ noun [countable]  SGa piece of land almost completely surrounded by water but joined to a large area of land 半岛 the Korean peninsula 朝鲜半岛 —peninsular adjective →5 see picture at 见图 island
    Examples from the Corpus
    peninsula• When you own a peninsula, you own the very essence of the Chesapeake country.• The Army and the police remained under intense pressure in the Jaffna peninsula where many camps and stations were under siege.• This provided for the withdrawal of federal forces from the strategic Prevlaka peninsula overlooking Dubrovnik by Oct. 20.• But it is obvious that one relatively small peninsula can not contain this missionary zeal indefinitely.• Although the rebel numbers are small, there are known to be many infiltrators and sympathisers on the peninsula.• Fewer people make it out to the peninsula.• One resident of that city purchased five hundred rifles for shipment to the peninsula.• The Mayan civilisation flourished in the Yucatan peninsula between 300AD and 900AD.    Origin peninsula (1500-1600) Latin paeninsula, from paene “almost” + insula “island”
    pe·nin·su·la nounChineseSyllable
    a land surrounded by of completely Corpus piece almost


    peninsula
    pe‧nin‧su‧la /pəˈnɪnsjələ, pɪˈnɪnsjələ $ -sələ/ noun [countable]
     Date: 1500-1600
     Language: Latin
     Origin: paeninsula, from paene 'almost' + insula 'island'
    a piece of land almost completely surrounded by water but joined to a large area of land:
        the Korean peninsula
    —peninsular adjective
         
    THESAURUS
       ▪ island a piece of land completely surrounded by water: We visited the Greek island of Kos. | In the centre of a lake is a small island.
       ▪ isle an island – used in poetry or in names of islands: The horse carried him to the windswept isle of Bujan. | It is the most southerly point in the British Isles. | the Windward Isles | the Isle of Wight
       ▪ peninsula a piece of land almost completely surrounded by water but joined to a large area of land: There is a coastal path around the peninsula. | the Korean peninsula
       ▪ archipelago a group of small islands that are in a line: He lives on an island at the eastern end of the Indonesian archipelago.


    pen·in·sulaBrE /pəˈnɪnsjələ/ 🔊NAmE /pəˈnɪnsələ/ 🔊 nounan area of land that is almost surrounded by water but is joined to a larger piece of land 半岛◆the Iberian peninsula (= Spain and Portugal) 伊比利亚半岛