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archipelago
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- Conjugation :
pl
archipelagoes
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pl
archipelagos
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Derivatives :
adj
archipelagic
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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- archipelago
[.ɑrkə'pεlə.go]
[.ɑːkɪ'pelɪgəu]
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1.
noun
多岛海
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2.
noun
群岛，列岛
Collins English-English Dictionary
- archipelago
["ɒːkɪ'pεlɪ"gəυ]
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n
a group of islands
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2.
n
a sea studded with islands
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3.
n
[Etymology]
C16 (meaning: the Aegean Sea): from Italian arcipelago, literally: the chief sea (perhaps originally a mistranslation of Greek Aigaion pelagos the Aegean Sea), from archi- + pelago sea, from Latin pelagus, from Greek pelagos
Examples
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The archipelago continues for another 500 miles.
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这个群岛又绵延了500英里。
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西沙群岛是由珊瑚礁构成的。
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The Xisha Archipelago is formed of coral reefs.
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