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

• In 1698 the nobles and landowners of the kingdom of Scotland tried to elevate their country to a world trading nation by colonize ing the isthmus of Panama.
  1698年，苏格兰王国的贵族与大地主试图通过殖民统治巴拿马地峡把他们的国家提升为世界贸易强国。
• The Isthmus of Panama joins North and South America.
  巴拿马地峡将北美和南美连接起来。
• The present and future continents north and south, with the isthmus.
  现在与未来的大陆在南北分立中间则有着地峡。
• 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。
• Consultative Group on Economic Cooperation for the Central American Isthmus
  中美洲地峡经济合作协商小组
• The isthmus that connects Central America and South America.
  连接中美洲和南美洲的一个地峡。
• 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。
• A series of filters then ensures that convex polygons with peninsulas maintain a minimum isthmus width.
  然后进行一系列过滤，保证凸状多边形能保持最小的狭缝宽度。
• 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。
• Resection of the isthmus and part of the right side of the thyroid, intraoperative biopsy.
  甲状腺峡部切除加右侧腺叶部分切除术，术中冰冻。