isthmus

英 [ˈɪsməs]

美 [ˈɪsməs]

n.  地峡

GRE医学

BNC.34487 / COCA.23546

牛津词典

noun

• 地峡
  a narrow strip of land, with water on each side, that joins two larger pieces of land

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 地峡
  Anisthmusis a narrow piece of land connecting two very large areas of land.
  1. ...the Isthmus of Panama.
     巴拿马地峡

英英释义

noun

• a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure
  Synonym:band
• a relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas

双语例句

• A continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama.
  位于西半球的一个大洲，通过巴拿马地峡与北美洲相连。
• Method CT scanner frame incline to the head. The position line and Lumbar Isthmus are parallel to each other. The angle of scanning are opposite to the intervertebral discs level.
  方法CT扫描架向头侧倾斜，定位线与腰椎峡部平面平行，扫描角度与间盘层面相反。
• The isthmus that connects Central America and South America.
  连接中美洲和南美洲的一个地峡。
• The island was shaped like a dumbbell, with a low, narrow isthmus leading to two hilly points at the North and South ends.
  小索罟岛的形状很像是一只哑铃，一段低矮的狭长地带连接起多丘的南北两端。
• Roosevelt, moreover, dispatched the U.S.A. Nashville to colon, on the Atlantic side of the isthmus.
  另外，罗斯福还把美国舰只“纳什维尔”号调往地峡大西洋那一边的科隆。
• But I am assuming that an isthmus between Kent, East Sussex and Pas-de-Calais would be the cheapest, most popular means of reconnecting with the continent.
  但我猜想，在肯特郡、东苏塞克斯和加莱海峡之间的地峡，将是重新连接欧洲大陆的最便宜、最受欢迎的方式。
• A republic on the Isthmus of Panama.
  位于巴拿马地峡的一个共和国。
• Design and experimental study of internal fixator for the reconstruction of lumbar isthmus
  腰椎峡部重建内固定器的设计及应用实验
• The isthmus would be greyish brown, littered with whelk shells and punctuated by shipwrecks.
  海峡可能是灰褐色的，到处散落着海螺壳，时而还会有失事船只的残骸。
• 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。