| 单词 | desert island |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdesert island desert island n. an uninhabited, or seemingly uninhabited, and remote island; also attributive and figurative, esp. (of equipment, cultural objects, or behaviour) suited to the social isolation and limited baggage allowance of a castaway on a desert island. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > island > [noun] > other desert island1607 holt1611 sister isle1612 atoll1625 floating island1638 sister island1659 tropical island1769 artificial island1775 home island1806 wooden island1808 fire-isle1817 coral-island1831 thrum cap1832 branch-island1834 island-continent1872 off-island1880 hover1892 phosphate island1909 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 13 They were driuen to a coast vnnauigable, where were many desart Islandes inhabited of wilde men. 1690 J. Locke Two Treat. Govt. (Laslett ed.) II. §14 The Promises and Bargains for Truck, &c between the two Men in the Desert Island..are binding to them, though they are perfectly in a State of Nature. 1743 F. Sheridan Let. 16 Nov. in Private Corresp. D. Garrick (1831) I. 17 To something worse than the desert Island. 1856 C. M. Yonge Daisy Chain ii. i. 337 It is like having all the Spaniards and savages spoiling Robinson Crusoe's desert island! 1922 C. E. Montague Disenchantment xiii. 175 All castaways together, all really marooned on the one desert island. 1930 F. B. Young Jim Redlake iii. v. 376 I always except the Meistersinger. I think I should choose it as my desert-island opera. 1939 Mind 48 156 I find that desert-island morality always rouses suspicion among ordinary men. 1942 Radio Times 23 Jan. 15/4 ‘Desert Island Discs’... Vic Oliver discusses with Roy Plomley the eight records he would choose if he were condemned to spend the rest of his life on a desert island with a gramophone for his entertainment. < as lemmas |
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