noun🔗Share岛屿,岛。 A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, totally surrounded by water."We took a boat trip to visit some small islands off the coast. "我们乘船去海岸附近参观了一些小岛。geographyworldareaChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share岛屿,岛。 An entity surrounded by other entities that are very different from itself."The quiet study group was an island of focus amidst the noisy, distracted classroom. "在这喧闹分心的教室里,安静的学习小组就像一座专注的孤岛。geographyworldChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share舰岛 A superstructure on an aircraft carrier's deck."The pilot carefully landed the plane on the aircraft carrier's islands. "飞行员小心地将飞机降落在航空母舰的舰岛上。nauticalmilitaryvehicletechnologypartstructureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share安全岛,交通岛 A traffic island."the island in the middle of a roundabout"环岛中间的那个安全岛trafficareaplaceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share离岛,岛屿飞地 An unincorporated area wholly surrounded by one or more incorporated areas."The map showed several unincorporated islands of land completely surrounded by the city of Springfield. "地图上显示了几个未合并的离岛区域,它们完全被斯普林菲尔德市包围。areageographypoliticsgovernmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share孤岛效应, 孤岛语境 (grammar) A phrase from which a wh-word cannot be extracted without yielding invalid grammar."The phrase "the student who I suspect studies islands of algebra" forms an island because you can't easily extract "which islands" without creating an ungrammatical sentence like "Which islands do I suspect the student who studies?". "短语“the student who I suspect studies islands of algebra”(我怀疑学习代数孤立部分的学生)构成了一个“孤岛语境”,因为你无法轻易地提取出“which islands”(哪些孤立部分),否则会产生一个不符合语法的句子,比如“Which islands do I suspect the student who studies?”(哪些孤立部分是我怀疑学习的学生所学的?)。grammarlinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share使成岛屿,孤立。 To surround with water; make into an island."The rising floodwaters threatened to island the houses closest to the river. "不断上涨的洪水眼看就要把离河最近的那些房子变成孤岛了。geographyenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share星罗棋布,点缀成岛屿。 To set, dot (as if) with islands."The artist used white paint to islands the blue canvas with small, abstract shapes. "艺术家用白色颜料在蓝色画布上点缀成小而抽象的形状,使其看起来像星罗棋布的岛屿。geographyworldnatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share孤立,隔离。 To isolate."The strict rules of the new school isolated the students, islands of quiet contemplation surrounded by the bustling halls. "新学校严苛的规章制度使学生们变得孤立,如同一个个沉思的孤岛,被喧嚣的走廊环绕。environmentworldgeographyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading