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海峡
strait
常考释义
Between Alaska and Asia today lies the Bering Strait, which is so shallow that a fall in sea level of only four meters would turn it into a land bridge.
如今,在阿拉斯加和亚洲之间的是白令海峡,这个海峡很浅,只需要四米的海平面下降就可以把它变成一个陆桥。
来源于:阅读OFFICIAL49 P1n. 海峡
Ferries ply across a narrow strait to the island.
渡船定时穿越狭窄的海峡驶向海岛。
Between Alaska and Asia today lies the Bering Strait, which is so shallow that a fall in sea level of only four meters would turn it into a land bridge.
如今,在阿拉斯加和亚洲之间的是白令海峡,这个海峡很浅,只需要四米的海平面下降就可以把它变成一个陆桥。
来源于:阅读OFFICIAL49 P1Denmark also had an admirable commercial history, particularly with respect to traffic through the Sound (the strait separating Denmark and Sweden).
丹麦同样有着辉煌的贸易史,特别是在松德海峡(隔开丹麦和瑞典的海峡)的海上交通上。
来源于:阅读OFFICIAL18 P1It has long been accepted that the Americas were colonized by a migration of peoples from Asia, slowly traveling across a land bridge called Beringia (now the Bering Strait between northeastern Asia and Alaska) during the last Ice Age.
这种观念被人们接受很长时间了:美洲被一群来自亚洲的移民殖民统治着,他们在上一个冰河时代缓慢地跨越了一个叫做白令的大陆桥(现在白令海峡位于东北亚和阿拉斯加之间)。
来源于:阅读OFFICIAL9 P1As a result of crustal adjustments and faulting, the Strait of Gibraltar, where the Mediterranean now connects to the Atlantic, opened, and water cascaded spectacularly back into the Mediterranean.
由于地壳的调整和断裂,直布罗陀海峡,地中海现在连接到大西洋的地方,被打开了,水象瀑布一样壮观地回到了地中海。
来源于:阅读OFFICIAL7 P1The investigators theorized that about 20 million years ago, the Mediterranean was a broad seaway linked to the Atlantic by two narrow straits.
调查者们构思了这样的理论:大约2000万年前,地中海是一条宽阔的航道,它通过两条狭窄的海峡与大西洋连接。
来源于:阅读OFFICIAL7 P1Crustal movements closed the straits, and the landlocked Mediterranean began to evaporate.
地壳运动封闭了海峡,被陆地包围的地中海也开始蒸发。
来源于:阅读OFFICIAL7 P1n. (通常指因缺钱造成的)困境,窘迫
If we had a child, we'd be in really dire straits.
假如我们有了小孩,我们会真正陷入困境。
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