island

英 [ˈaɪlənd]

美 [ˈaɪlənd]

n.  岛
vt.  使孤立

复数：islands　

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牛津词典

noun

• 岛
  a piece of land that is completely surrounded by water
• 岛
  a piece of land that is completely surrounded by water

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES 岛;岛屿
  Anislandis a piece of land that is completely surrounded by water.
  1. ...a wonderful day trip to the picturesque island of Gozo...
     到风景如画的戈佐岛享受美妙的一日游
  2. We spent a day on Caldey Island.
     我们在科尔迪岛上度过了一天。
  3. ...the Canary Islands.
     加那利群岛

英英释义

noun

• a zone or area resembling an island
• a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water

双语例句

• Only a short campaign took place in Puerto Rico, but after the war Spain ceded the island to America
  在波多黎各的战事很短暂；但是战争结束后，西班牙将该岛屿割让给了美国。
• The bridge joins the island to the mainland.
  这座大桥把小岛和大陆衔接起来。
• After a failed military offensive, all government troops and police were withdrawn from the island.
  在一次军事进攻失败之后，所有政府军和警察均从岛上撤离了。
• He was his distant relative, as was everyone else on the island, come to think of it
  哦，对了，他是他的远亲，岛上的其他人也是。
• He was her distant relative, as was everyone else on the island, come to think of it
  想起来了，他和岛上的其他人一样，都是她的远亲。
• Half of the island's population has no usable English.
  这座岛上的居民有一半无法用英语交流。
• The ancient province of Satsuma lies in the southernmost part of the Japanese island of Kyushu.
  古老的萨摩省位于日本九州岛最南端。
• Defoe skilfully narrated the adventures of Robinson Crusoe on his desert island.
  笛福生动地叙述了鲁滨逊·克鲁索在荒岛上的冒险故事。
• He was shipwrecked after visiting the island
  他在到那个岛上观光后就遭遇了海难。
• It is unclear how much popular support they have among the island's population
  目前还不清楚他们在岛上的民众中间有多高的支持率。