promontory

英 [ˈprɒməntri]

美 [ˈprɑːməntɔːri]

n.  岬，岬角(深入海中的狭长高地)

复数：promontories　

医学

BNC.19815 / COCA.22354

牛津词典

noun

• 岬，岬角（深入海中的狭长高地）
  a long narrow area of high land that goes out into the sea

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 岬；海角
  Apromontoryis a cliff that stretches out into the sea.
  1. ...a promontory jutting out into the bay.
     向海湾伸出的海角

英英释义

noun

• a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
  Synonym:headlandheadforeland

双语例句

• Of course, its location is an enormous help, sitting as it does on a promontory with water on three sides and the famous Sydney Harbour Bridge as a picture-postcard backdrop.
  当然，这座建筑有着得天独厚的地理位置：它高踞一个呷角，三面环水，背景是著名的悉尼港大桥。
• A promontory on Hatteras Island off the Atlantic coast of North Carolina.
  美国北卡罗来纳州大西洋海岸的一个海角。
• I was, indeed, close in. I could see the cool, green tree-tops swaying together in the breeze, and I felt sure I should make the next promontory without fail.
  一切胜利在望，我可以看见微风中摇曳的绿色树梢，相信自己一定能在下一个海角靠岸。
• The 203 normal and 171 diseased middle ears were tested by electrical promontory stimulation.
  对203例正常中耳和171例病变中耳的鼓岬电刺激中，声感出现率正常中耳组为94.6%。
• Objective: To detect the significance of promontory groove and promontory canal on tympanic neurectomy.
  目的：探讨岬沟及岬骨管在鼓室神经切除术中的意义。
• Or piny promontory of the Arctic main.
  从北冰洋松树似的岬角。
• This side of the promontory evidently formed a semicircular bay, which the sharp point sheltered from the breakers of the open sea.
  海角的这一面显然形成了一个半圆形的海港，海里的浪花掩盖着海角的尖端。
• Of yon bold promontory burst to sight.
  陡峭之巅突然闯进视野的城墙。
• This gold deposit is located on the west of Huaxiongtai promontory and the north of Machaoying fracture zone.
  九丈沟金矿床矿区位于华熊台隆西缘，马超营断裂带北侧。
• The mansion is on a promontory, high over the Pacific.
  该宅邸高高地座落于太平洋的一个海角上。