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archipelago n.群岛；多岛海 (1) 这个群岛又绵延了500英里。 It seems that archipelago came from the Italian Arciplago, the name for the Aegean Sea, which is full of many many islands. Somehow that became the word for any sea that is chock-full of islands. You can also use archipelago to indicate some other grouping that involves neither islands nor water but is similar to them. Your little sister might create an archipelago of Lego buildings on your living room carpet.

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英 [ˌɑːkɪ'peləɡəʊ] 美 [ˌɑːrkɪ'peləɡoʊ] (1) The archipelago continues for another 500 miles. Now here's a word, archipelago, that is super-specific: it means a group of many islands. Wouldn't it be great to build your dream house in the Galapagos archipelago? 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]群岛；列岛 An archipelago is a group of islands, especially small islands. ...the Azores, a rugged, volcanic archipelago of nine islands.亚速尔群岛，由9个小岛组成的多岩石的火山群岛

英语单词	archipelago
英美音标	英 [ˌɑːkɪ'peləɡəʊ] 美 [ˌɑːrkɪ'peləɡoʊ]
中文释义	n.群岛；多岛海
英语例句	(1) The archipelago continues for another 500 miles.
中文例句	(1) 这个群岛又绵延了500英里。
vocabulary简明	Now here's a word, archipelago, that is super-specific: it means a group of many islands. Wouldn't it be great to build your dream house in the Galapagos archipelago?
vocabulary扩展	It seems that archipelago came from the Italian Arciplago, the name for the Aegean Sea, which is full of many many islands. Somehow that became the word for any sea that is chock-full of islands. You can also use archipelago to indicate some other grouping that involves neither islands nor water but is similar to them. Your little sister might create an archipelago of Lego buildings on your living room carpet.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]群岛；列岛 An archipelago is a group of islands, especially small islands. ...the Azores, a rugged, volcanic archipelago of nine islands. 亚速尔群岛，由9个小岛组成的多岩石的火山群岛

Archipelago Islands Group 英 ˌɑːkɪ'Peləɡəʊ] 美 ˌɑːrkɪ'Peləɡoʊ N.群岛；多岛海 Continues