archipelago

FREQ #33035

n. 群岛, 多岛屿的海

发音

UK /ˌɑːkɪˈpɛləɡəʊ/
US /ˌɑɹkəˈpɛləˌɡoʊ/
US

词形变化

archipelagoes archipelagos 复数 archipelagos archipelagoes 复数 archipelagoed archipelagoing archipelagos 三单 archipelagoing 现在分词 archipelagoed 过去式 archipelagoed 过去分词

别名

archip. arch.

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A group of islands.

    群岛

    列岛

  2. 2.

    The Aegean Sea.

    古体
  3. 3.

    Something scattered around like an archipelago.

    引申义

    the Gulag Archipelago

v.
  1. 1.

    To scatter or be scattered so as to resemble a group of islands.

    罕用 及物

词汇关系

名词

上位词 5

earth land ground dryland terra firma

部分词 1

island

相关短语

Archipelago Sea archipelago big-eyed treefrog archipelago big-eyed treefrogs Alexander Archipelago wolf Bismarck Archipelago 俾斯麦群岛（位于西太平洋巴布亚新几内亚北部的群岛） Malay Archipelago 马来群岛 Chagos Archipelago 查戈斯群岛（英属印度洋领地） Canadian Arctic Archipelago Arctic Archipelago 【地理学】北极岛群 Catherine Archipelago Bazaruto Archipelago Alexander Archipelago n. 亚历山大群岛（美国群岛） Abrolhos Archipelago Hochelaga Archipelago Kodiak Archipelago

词源

From Italian arcipelago, formed on the basis of Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “main”) + πέλαγος (pélagos, “sea”), a designation for the Aegean Sea. (Compare arch- and high seas.) The Aegean Sea is a sea with many islands; the term Arcipelago, originally a proper noun referring to the Aegean Sea, was first generalized to a common noun for any sea with many islands, and then to the islands in such a sea. By surface analysis, archi- + -pelago.

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