isthmus

n. 地峡, 峡部 [医] 峡

发音

UK /ˈɪsθ.məs/
UK /ˈɪs.məs/
UK /ˈɪz.məs/
US /ˈɪs.məs/
/ˈɪst.məs/

词形变化

isthmi isthmuses 复数 isthmuses isthmi 复数

别名

isth.

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, and connecting two larger landmasses.

    地峡

  2. 2.

    Any such narrow part connecting two larger structures.

    峡

    医学 生物 植物学
  3. 3.

    An edge in a graph whose deletion increases the number of connected components of the graph.

    桥边

    数学

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

band

上位词 6

earth land ground tissue dryland terra firma

相关短语

Isthmus Zapotec Isthmus Nahuatl Isthmus of Suez [网络] 苏伊士地峡 Isthmus of Perekop isthmus of fauces Isthmus of Corinth [网络] 科林斯地峡；哥林多地峡 uterine isthmus Karelian Isthmus 卡累利阿地峡（在芬兰湾和拉多加湖之间）

词源

Borrowing from Latin isthmus (“a strip of land between two seas”), from Ancient Greek ῐ̓σθμός (ĭsthmós, “neck, narrow passage”), possibly from εἶμῐ (eîmĭ, “to go”). Cognate to Old Norse eið (“isthmus”).

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