isle
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++isle /aɪl/ noun [countable] ALDNa word for an island, used in poetry or in names of islands 岛〔用于诗歌或岛名〕 the British Isles 不列颠群岛
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isle• But now in Salamis, Ajax' isle, we lie.• The ship finally dropped anchor at a beautiful isle of the Marquesas.• And I don't like life on your crocodile isle.• Its dreamlike construction of our sceptred isle as an ethnically purified one provides a special comfort against the ravages of decline.• Experts from their Ross-on-Wye headquarters carried out an extensive survey of the coastal waters around the Shetland isles.• She watched the dark towering of the isle, bulking higher and higher as they approached.• the Isle of CozumelOrigin isle (1200-1300) Old French Latin insula “island”isle nounChinese
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isle /aɪl/
noun [countable]
the British Isles
▪ island a piece of land completely surrounded by water: We visited the Greek island of Kos. | In the centre of a lake is a small island.
▪isle an island – used in poetry or in names of islands: The horse carried him to the windswept isle of Bujan. | It is the most southerly point in the British Isles. | the Windward Isles | the Isle of Wight
▪peninsula a piece of land almost completely surrounded by water but joined to a large area of land: There is a coastal path around the peninsula. | the Korean peninsula
▪archipelago a group of small islands that are in a line: He lives on an island at the eastern end of the Indonesian archipelago.
isle /aɪl/
noun [countable] Date: 1200-1300
Language: Old French
Origin: Latin insula 'island'
a word for an island, used in poetry or in names of islands:Language: Old French
Origin: Latin insula 'island'
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