archipelago

IPA/ˌɑːkɪˈpeləɡəʊ/
KK[ˌɑrkəpˈɛləɡˌo]IPA/ˌɑːrkɪˈpeləɡəʊ/

archipelago — noun

  • archipelagosingular
  • archipelagoesplural

1. a wide area of sea that has many islands dotted across it, or the set of those i

1.名詞B2
釋義

a wide area of sea that has many islands dotted across it, or the set of those islands considered as a whole

例句

The Indonesian archipelago has more than 17,000 islands spread across the ocean.

proper noun: Indonesian archipelago — named example

Hyun spent the summer exploring the small islands of the archipelago by boat.

collocation: explore the / an archipelago

同義詞
  • island chain

    more informal; emphasises islands arranged in a line

  • island group

    more general; less precise than archipelago

  • island nation

    refers to the country that occupies the archipelago, not the geographic feature itself

用法筆記

Often paired with a proper noun (e.g. Indonesian archipelago, Malay archipelago) to refer to a specific named group of islands.

常見錯誤

❌Japan is an archipelago island.
✅Japan is an archipelago.
💡An archipelago already means a group of islands, so adding 'island' is redundant.
❌The Caribbean archipelago is a single island.
✅The Caribbean archipelago is made up of many islands.
💡An archipelago describes many islands, not just one.