tombolo

英 ['tɒmbələʊ] 美 ['tɑmbəlo]
  • n. [地理] 沙颈岬,[地理] 连岛沙洲

英文词源


tombolo (n.)
sand-bar joining an island to the mainland, 1899, from Italian tombolo "sand dune," from Latin tumulus "hillock, mound, heap of earth," from PIE root *teue- (2) "to swell" (see thigh).

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