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

• An American team explored a temple which stands in an ancient city on the promontory of Ayria Irini.
  一支美国考古队考察了阿伊亚。伊里尼海角一个古城里的一座神庙。
• 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。
• Conclusion This study did not find the functional relationship between postoperative speech performance and promontory stimulation threshold, possible reasons for the results were discussed.
  结论本研究未发现术后言语可懂度与鼓岬刺激阈值的函数关系，探讨了其可能的原因。
• 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。
• Recording Normal Human Electrocochleograms from Tympanic Promontory and Tympanic Membrane
  用鼓岬及鼓膜电极记录正常人耳蜗电图
• 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。
• 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。
• On the map that promontory looks like a nose, naughtily turned up.
  从地图上看，那个海角就像一只调皮地翘起来的鼻子。
• A stark, rocky promontory towered over a stand of majestic pines.
  一片悬崖高耸在一片巍巍的松树之上。