英语词汇“islanders”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

islanders

释义

island /īˈlənd/

noun

A mass of land (not a continent) surrounded with water
Anything isolated, detached, or surrounded by something of a different nature
A small raised traffic-free area in a street, esp for pedestrians
Tissue or cells detached and differing from their surroundings

adjective

Of an island
Forming an island

transitive verb

To cause to appear like an island
To isolate
To dot as with islands

ORIGIN: ME iland, from OE īegland, īgland, ēgland, from īeg, īg, ēg island (from a root which appears in Angles-ea, Aldern-ey, etc, OE ēa, L aqua water) and land; the s is due to confusion with isle

islander /īˈlənd-ər/ noun

An inhabitant of an island

island-hopping see under hop¹

islands of Langerhans same as islets of Langerhans (see under isle).

Islands of the Blest or Islands of the Blessed plural noun (Gr myth)

The abode of the blessed dead, situated somewhere in the far west

island universe noun

A spiral nebula regarded as forming a separate stellar system

Reil's island see insula

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