island

noun

/ˈaɪlənd/

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(abbreviation I, I., Is.)
a piece of land that is completely surrounded by water
- a small/tiny island
- a remote island off the coast of Scotland
- the islands in the Baltic Sea
- the Virgin Islands
- island of… the resort island of Bali
- on an island We spent a week on the Greek island of Kos.
- an island nation/state
- (figurative) island of something No place on the planet can remain an island of affluence in a sea of suffering.
see also desert island
Extra Examples
- He owns a house on the island.
- The best beaches are on the southern tip of the island.
- They were forced to leave their island home and start a new life on the mainland.
- Fiji is a small South Pacific island nation.
- a ferry service to the outlying islands
- a group of tropical islands
- the island chain of the Bahamas
- the island paradise of Phuket
- Cuba is an island nation located on the northern rim of the Caribbean Sea.
Topics Geographya1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- outlying
- remote
- coral
- …
… of islands
- chain
- group
island + noun
- chain
- group
- home
- …
preposition
- on an/the island
phrases
- the… coast, side, tip, etc. of an island
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(also refuge (British English), traffic island British and North American English)
an area in the middle of a road where you can stand and wait for cars to go past until it is safe for you to cross see also safety island

Word OriginOld English īegland, from īeg ‘island’ (from a base meaning ‘watery, watered’) + land. The change in the spelling of the first syllable in the 16th cent. was due to association with the unrelated word isle.

单词	island
释义	island noun /ˈaɪlənd/ /ˈaɪlənd/ jump to other results enlarge image (abbreviation I, I., Is.) a piece of land that is completely surrounded by water a small/tiny island a remote island off the coast of Scotland the islands in the Baltic Sea the Virgin Islands island of… the resort island of Bali on an island We spent a week on the Greek island of Kos. an island nation/state (figurative) island of something No place on the planet can remain an island of affluence in a sea of suffering. see also desert island Extra Examples He owns a house on the island. The best beaches are on the southern tip of the island. They were forced to leave their island home and start a new life on the mainland. Fiji is a small South Pacific island nation. a ferry service to the outlying islands a group of tropical islands the island chain of the Bahamas the island paradise of Phuket Cuba is an island nation located on the northern rim of the Caribbean Sea. Topics Geographya1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective outlying remote coral … … of islands chain group island + noun chain group home … preposition on an/the island phrases the… coast, side, tip, etc. of an island See full entry (also refuge (British English), traffic island British and North American English) an area in the middle of a road where you can stand and wait for cars to go past until it is safe for you to cross see also safety island Word OriginOld English īegland, from īeg ‘island’ (from a base meaning ‘watery, watered’) + land. The change in the spelling of the first syllable in the 16th cent. was due to association with the unrelated word isle.
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