isthmus 音標拼音: ['ɪsməs]
n . 地峽,峽部
地峽,峽部
isthmus n 1 :
a relatively narrow strip of land (
with water on both sides )
connecting two larger land areas 2 :
a cord -
like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure [
synonym : {
isthmus }, {
band }]
Isthmus \
Isth "
mus \ (?;
277 ),
n .;
pl . {
Isthmuses }. [
L .
isthmus ,
Gr . '
isqmo `
s a neck ,
a neck of land between two seas ,
an isthmus ,
especially the Isthmus of Corinth ;
prob .
from the root of '
ie `
nai to go ;
cf .
Icel .
ei [
eth ]
isthmus .
See {
Issue }.] (
Geog .)
A neck or narrow slip of land by which two continents are connected ,
or by which a peninsula is united to the mainland ;
as ,
the Isthmus of Panama ;
the Isthmus of Suez ,
etc .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Isthmus of the fauces }. (
Anat .)
See {
Fauces }.
[
1913 Webster ]
47 Moby Thesaurus words for "
isthmus ":
abbreviation ,
astriction ,
astringency ,
bottleneck ,
canal ,
cervix ,
channel ,
circumscription ,
coarctation ,
compactedness ,
compaction ,
compression ,
compressure ,
concentration ,
condensation ,
consolidation ,
constriction ,
constringency ,
contraction ,
contracture ,
curtailment ,
decrease ,
defile ,
diminuendo ,
hourglass ,
hourglass figure ,
knitting ,
narrow ,
narrow place ,
narrowing ,
narrows ,
neck ,
pass ,
puckering ,
pursing ,
reduction ,
shortening ,
solidification ,
strait ,
stranglement ,
strangulation ,
striction ,
stricture ,
systole ,
throat ,
wasp waist ,
wrinkling
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