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单词 fire-isle
释义

fire-islen.

Brit. /ˈfʌɪəʌɪl/, U.S. /ˈfaɪ(ə)rˌaɪl/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fire n., isle n.
Etymology: < fire n. + isle n.
literary and poetic. Now rare.
A volcanic island.
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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
1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna vii. viii. 160 From the fire-isles came he.
1844 T. Hawkins Wars Jehovah iv. 164 On came he Like a fire-isle, like Stromboli a-sea.
1907 T. Common tr. F. Nietzsche Thus spake Zarathustra (rev. ed.) ii. xviii. 47 About the same time that these sailors landed on the fire-isle, there was a rumour that Zarathustra had disappeared.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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