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isthmus

英 ['ɪsθməs; 'ɪstməs; 'ɪsməs] 美 ['ɪsməs]

解释

n. 地峡；管峡

※ 提供单词"isthmus"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

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").

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例句和用法

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.