isthmus meaning in English
n.
(pl. isthmuses)
1.地峡，地颈，土腰。
2.〔the I-〕(巴拿马)地峡；(苏伊士)地峡。
3.【解剖学】峡，器官峡，管峡。
短语和例子
Examples
- 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。 - This fact has led naturalists to believe that the isthmus was formerly open .
使许多自然学者相信这个地蛱在以前原是开通的。 - 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。 - The brunt of the russian attack fell at first upon the frontier defences of the finns in the karelian isthmus .
苏联进攻的主力，最先是集中在卡累利阿地峡芬兰的边境防御工事。 - In which part of the world is the isthmus located
苏伊士地峡位于世界的哪一部分？