archipelago
archipelago
[ˌɑːkɪˈpɛləgəʊ]
(pl. -os 或 -oes)
[ˌɑːkɪˈpɛləgəʊ]
(pl. -os 或 -oes)
- a group of islands
群岛
■a sea or stretch of water having many islands
多岛屿的海域
- early 16th cent.: from Italian arcipelago, from Greek arkhi- 'chief' + pelagos 'sea'. The word was originally used as a proper name (the Archipelago 'the Aegean Sea'): the general sense arose because the Aegean Sea is remarkable for its large numbers of islands
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- imprecatory adj.诅咒的
- imprecise adj.不精确的，不确定的,含糊不清
- imprecisely adv.不严密地
- imprecision n.不严密，不精确
- impreg n.（合成树脂）浸渍木，浸脂材
- impregnability n.攻不破，不受影响
- impregnable adj.攻不破的，坚不可摧的,无可辩驳,毫不动摇
- impregnant n.溶剂，浸渍剂
- impregnatable adj.=impregnable&
- impregnate vt.灌注，使饱和,使怀孕
- impregnation n.怀孕，受精，注入,使受孕,授胎物,授孕
- impresa n.箴言，箴言牌，题铭
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