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    Peninsular is usually a describing word. It means "of a peninsula" or "like a peninsula": land with water around almost every side, still joined to a bigger land.

    Peninsular peninsular通常 is usually a describing word是個形容詞. It它 means意思是 "of a peninsula" or "like a peninsula"「屬於半島的」或「像半島一樣的」: land with water around almost every side指幾乎每一面都被水包圍的陸地, still joined to a bigger land但仍然連著一塊更大的陸地.

    So a peninsular town is a town on that kind of land; peninsular weather is the weather there. It is more formal than peninsula.

    So所以 a peninsular town一個peninsular的城鎮 is a town on that kind of land就是位在那種地形上的城鎮; peninsular weather peninsular的天氣 is the weather there就是那個地方的天氣. It它 is more formal than peninsula比peninsula這個字更正式.

    Though actually, the land itself is a peninsula. Peninsular hangs on another word and describes it.

    Though actually不過事實上, the land itself這塊陸地本身 is a peninsula才叫peninsula. Peninsular peninsular hangs on附著在 another word另一個字, and而且 describes it用來形容它.

    In history you may see Peninsular with a capital P, as in the Peninsular War in Spain and Portugal.

    In history在歷史上 you你 may see可能會看到 Peninsular with a capital P大寫P開頭的Peninsular, as in the Peninsular War in Spain and Portugal就像西班牙和葡萄牙的Peninsular War(半島戰爭).

    In older writing about the Spanish empire, a peninsular could also mean a person born in Spain, not in the Americas. That use is special and not the one most students need.

    In older writing about the Spanish empire在講西班牙帝國的舊文獻裡, a peninsular peninsular也可以 could also mean指 a person born in Spain, not in the Americas一個在西班牙出生、而不是在美洲出生的人. That use這個用法 is special and not the one most students need很特別,不是大多數學生需要的用法.

    For , this word points at peninsula-land or at things from such a place. It is not the usual name of the land.

    For learners對學習者來說, this word這個字 points at peninsula-land or at things from such a place指的是半島這種地形,或來自這種地方的事物. It它 is not the usual name of the land並不是那塊陸地本身常用的名稱.

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

    這一義的完整解析還沒打開。訂閱後可以看到例句怎麼拆、常跟哪些字一起出現, 以及容易跟它搞混的字。

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組成Learned borrowing from Latin paenīnsulāris. By surface analysis, peninsula + -ar. The historical "person from Spain" sense was borrowed from Spanish peninsular.

同家族的字

  • peninsulathe noun for the land this adjective describes

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

peninsularadj/pəˈnɪn.sjə.lə(ɹ)/

  • 1

    Of, pertaining to, resembling, or connected with a peninsula or peninsulas.

    • The lakeside cottage was on a peninsular spit of land.
  • 2

    Exhibiting a narrow provincialism; parochial.

    • Near-synonym: insular

peninsularnoun/pəˈnɪn.sjə.lə(ɹ)/

  • 1

    One who inhabits a peninsula.

  • 2

    historicalA person born on the Iberian Peninsula who emigrated to a (contemporary or former) Spanish colony.

    • Some of the great merchants in the Indies were creoles, but the majority were peninsulares. These latter acted as effective intermediaries between Spain and the colonies.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。