英汉词典

island 基本解释

• n. 岛；岛屿；安全岛；岛状物
• adj. 岛的
• vt. 孤立；使成岛状
• n. (Island)人名；(英)艾兰

island 词态变化

island 中文词源

来自古英语igland,岛，来自ieg,水，水中的陆地，来自PIE*akwa,水，词源同aquatic,aquarium，land,陆地。拼写受isle影响俗化。

island 英文词源

island

island: [OE] Despite their similarity, island has no etymological connection with isle (their resemblance is due to a 16th-century change in the spelling of island under the influence of its semantic neighbour isle). Island comes ultimately from a prehistoric Germanic *aujō, which denoted ‘land associated with water’, and was distantly related to Latin aqua ‘water’.

This passed into Old English as īeg ‘island’, which was subsequently compounded with land to form īegland ‘island’. By the late Middle English period this had developed to iland, the form which was turned into island. (A diminutive form of Old English īeg, incidentally, has given us eyot ‘small island in a river’ [OE].) Isle [13] itself comes via Old French ile from Latin insula (the s is a 15th-century reintroduction from Latin).

Other contributions made by insula to English include insular [17], insulate [16], insulin, isolate (via Italian) [18], and peninsula [16].
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island (n.)

1590s, earlier yland (c. 1300), from Old English igland "island," from ieg "island" (from Proto-Germanic *aujo "thing on the water," from PIE *akwa- "water;" see aqua-) + land (n.). Spelling modified 15c. by association with similar but unrelated isle. An Old English cognate was ealand "river-land, watered place, meadow by a river." In place names, Old English ieg is often used of "slightly raised dry ground offering settlement sites in areas surrounded by marsh or subject to flooding" [Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names]. Related: Islander.

island 英文释义

1. a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water

2. a zone or area resembling an island

island 同义词解析

island, peninsula

这两个名词都可表示"岛"之意。

island： 普通用词，指一般的岛屿，即海里被水环绕、面积比大陆小的陆地，或河、湖中被水环绕的陆地。

peninsula： 指三面临水一面连接大陆地，即半岛。

island 双语例句

1. They were going to sail around the little island, against the tide.

他们打算绕着小岛逆潮航行。

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2. He made it his object in life to find the island.

他把找到那座岛屿当成自己的人生目标。

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3. Further to the south are some of the island'sloveliest unspoilt coves.

再往南走有一些这个岛上尚未被破坏的迷人小海湾。

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4. The island is only 200m wide at its narrowest point.

该岛最狭窄处仅200米宽.

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5. The Regent hotel has a superlative view of Hong Kong island.

在丽晶酒店看香港岛的美景，视野绝佳。

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island 实用场景例句

We spent a week on the Greek island of Kos.

我们在希腊的科斯岛上待了一个星期。

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a remote island off the coast of Scotland

一个远离苏格兰海岸的岛

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...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

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We spent a day on Caldey Island.

我们在科尔迪岛上度过了一天。

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That is a drop of grain sacks from an aircraft to the hungry people on the island.

那是从飞机上空投给岛上饥民的一袋袋粮食.

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He asked them to discontinue flights over the island.

他要求他们停止在该岛上空飞行.

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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.

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The boat drifted ashore on an island.

小船漂浮到海岛的岸边.

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A storm devastated the island.

一场暴风雨使这个岛遭到彻底破坏.

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The waves beveled a volcanic island.

波涛径直从一个火山岛上翻腾过去.

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His money is in an offshore island bank.

他的钱都存进了海外的一家银行.

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A great number of water fowls dwell on the island.

许多水鸟在岛上栖息.

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The new bridge will link the island to the mainland.

新的桥梁将把该岛与大陆连接在一起.

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A group of farmers were transplanted to the island by the government.

一批农民被政府迁到这个岛上居住.

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The people on the island are sending up smoke signals.

岛上的人们在燃放烟雾信号.

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This island is maintained as a sanctuary for endangered species.

那个岛继续作为濒危物种的保护区.

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Yes, we enjoyed the holiday and brought away happy memories of the island.

是的, 我们度过了愉快的假日,那个岛屿给我们留下了美好的回忆.

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We spent a week on the Greek island of Kos.

我们在希腊的科斯岛上待了一个星期。

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the longitude of the island

那座岛的经度

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the southernmost part of the island

岛的最南端

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Seafood is a speciality on the island.

海味是岛上的特产。

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Certainly, I wouldn't have wanted to be stuck on a desert island with her for any length of time.

当然，我根本一刻也不想和她一起被困在荒岛上。

柯林斯例句

The Italian government was preparing to dispatch 4,000 soldiers to search the island.

意大利政府正准备派遣4,000名士兵搜索该岛。

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The Regent hotel has a superlative view of Hong Kong island.

在丽晶酒店看香港岛的美景，视野绝佳。

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Every day, a plane arrives to ferry guests to and from Bird Island Lodge.

每天，都有架飞机来鸟岛宾馆接送客人。

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We are all wondering why the government is suddenly okaying a brand new school on the island.

我们都很疑惑为什么政府突然批准在岛上建一所新学校。

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The island is surmounted by a huge black castle.

岛的最高处耸立着一座巨大的黑色城堡。

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A powerful earthquake struck the Italian island of Sicily early this morning.

今日凌晨意大利西西里岛发生强地震。

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