isthmus
英 ['ɪsθməs; 'ɪstməs; 'ɪsməs]
美['ɪsməs]
- n. 地峡；管峡
词态变化
复数: isthmuses;
中文词源
isthmus 地狭
来自拉丁语isthmus,来自希腊语isthmos,狭窄的过道，地狭，特别是古希腊城邦柯林斯地狭，可能来自希腊语eimi,走，通过，词源同ire(拉丁语，走),exit,issue，-thmo,名词后缀。
英文词源
- isthmus (n.)
- 1550s, from Latin isthmus, from Greek isthmos "narrow passage, narrow neck of land," especially that of Corinth, of unknown origin, perhaps from eimi "to go" + suffix -thmo (compare ithma "a step, movement").
双语例句
- 1. North America is connected with South America by the Isthmus of Panama.
- 巴拿马海峡把北美同南美连接起来.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. The north and south of the island are linked by a narrow isthmus.
- 岛的北部和南部由一条狭窄的地峡相连.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. It was the neck of land which we call the Isthmus of Panama.
- 这个陆地的狭窄地带,我们称之为巴拿马地峡.
来自辞典例句
- 4. This fact has led naturalists to believe that the Isthmus was formerly open.
- 使许多自然学者相信这个地蛱在以前原是开通的.
来自辞典例句
- 5. Objective : To analyze the clinical significance of modified thyroidectomy by trans - isthmus approach.
- 目的: 探讨经峡部径路行甲状腺手术的临床价值.
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