isthmus
英 ['?sθm?s; '?stm?s; '?sm?s]
美['?sm?s]
- n. 地峽；管峽
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?isthmuses;
中文詞源
isthmus 地狹
來自拉丁語isthmus,來自希臘語isthmos,狹窄的過道，地狹，特別是古希臘城邦柯林斯地狹，可能來自希臘語eimi,走，通過，詞源同ire(拉丁語，走),exit,issue，-thmo,名詞后綴。
英文詞源
- 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").
雙語例句
- 1. North America is connected with South America by the Isthmus of Panama.
- 巴拿馬海峽把北美同南美連接起來.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. The north and south of the island are linked by a narrow isthmus.
- 島的北部和南部由一條狹窄的地峽相連.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. It was the neck of land which we call the Isthmus of Panama.
- 這個陸地的狹窄地帶,我們稱之為巴拿馬地峽.
來自辭典例句
- 4. This fact has led naturalists to believe that the Isthmus was formerly open.
- 使許多自然學(xué)者相信這個地蛺在以前原是開通的.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Objective : To analyze the clinical significance of modified thyroidectomy by trans - isthmus approach.
- 目的: 探討經(jīng)峽部徑路行甲狀腺手術(shù)的臨床價值.
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