isthmus

• n. 地峽；管峽

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,名詞後綴。

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").

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: 探討經峽部徑路行甲狀腺手術的臨床價值.

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