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单词 island
释义
island
noun[C]
uk
/ˈaɪ.lənd/us
/ˈaɪ.lənd/
A2
apieceoflandcompletelysurroundedbywater:
岛，岛屿
adesertisland荒岛
aPacificisland太平洋岛屿
TheyliveonthelargeJapaneseisland of Hokkaido.他们住在日本的主要岛屿北海道。
picture of island
Anthony Brawley Photography/Moment/GettyImages
an island of peace, calm, sanity, etc.
aparticularplacethat ispeaceful,calm, etc., when othersurroundingplacesare theopposite
闹市中的静处
UK
→traffic island
交通岛，安全岛（同 traffic island）
picture of island
HoleInTheBucke/iStock/Getty Image Plus/GettyImages
More examples
  • Theseremoteislands areinhabitedonly bybirdsandsmallanimals.
  • Westayedon one of thelesser-knownGreekislands.
  • Idreamoflivingon atropicalisland.
  • Thewestof the island isfamousfor theirregularityofitscoastline.
  • Heliveson an island off thecoastofScotland, buttravelsto themainlandonceamonth.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Geography: small & large land masses
  • archipelago
  • atoll
  • continent
  • continental
  • coral reef
  • desert island
  • interisland
  • isle
  • landform
  • landlocked
  • landmass
  • mainland
  • Pangaea
  • subcontinent

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(Definition ofislandfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

island| American Dictionary

island
noun[C]
us
/ˈɑɪ·lənd/
apieceoflandcompletelysurroundedbywater:
Manhattan is an island.
(Definition ofislandfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofisland

island
Today, with cheap and frequent shipping routes, timber has replaced flagstone as the most viable resource on theisland.
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All schools visited were situated in typical rural areas, in various parts of theisland.
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If a scenario resulted in a substantial fraction of land in anislandbeing inundated, land prices would rise.
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Perhaps this is due to the presence there of a resident population, making them unique among southerlyislandgroups.
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Most of theislandconsists of pervasively overprinted, greenschist-facies sequences.
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It is situated atop a low but steep mountain ridge that rises above the relatively remote and sparsely populated nor theastern coast of theisland.
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Simulations were run to determine the power of these and previously proposed test statistics to reject anislandmodel of geographic subdivision.
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Figure 5 depicts the maximum wave amplitude around the coast of an ellipticalislandwhose major axis is twice the minor axis.
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Solutions for elliptical islands were obtained by transforming the equation to elliptical co-ordinates and employing an elliptical mesh.
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It, however, opposed the dissolution of the islands' dual subordination as unnecessary action for the following reasons.
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Accordingly, the endemic area was believed to be expanding to other islands.
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If choice functions are useful for something, they are useful to explain the lack ofislandsensitivity exhibited by (some) indefinites.
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For this project the world space was 1,000 square metres, and the fabricatedislandresided within this space.
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Theislandcontinually flipflops from water rationing for over a million of its inhabitants to flooding that causes millions of dollars' worth of property loss.
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In fact, it is these very matters that are creating current political conflicts on theisland.
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Collocationswithisland

island

These are words often used in combination withisland.

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artificial island
It has the drawback of featuring a bridge out to anartificialisland, and my comments about shipping hazards must apply to anartificialisland.
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deserted island
The show challenges each castaway to pare life down to its bare essentials by allowing them to select eight pieces of music to accompany them on adesertedisland.
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Wikipedia
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floating island
Many birds were also seen on fast ice, particularly on the heavily ridged outer fringes, that might also be the source of the 'floatingisland' floes.
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