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islands

/ˈaɪləndz/

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noun

岛屿，岛。

A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, totally surrounded by water.

Examples :

"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。

geography world area

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noun

岛屿，岛。

An entity surrounded by other entities that are very different from itself.

Examples :

"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。

geography world

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noun

舰岛

A superstructure on an aircraft carrier's deck.

Examples :

"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。

nautical military vehicle technology part structure

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noun

安全岛，交通岛

A traffic island.

Examples :

"the island in the middle of a roundabout"

环岛中间的那个安全岛

traffic area place

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noun

离岛，岛屿飞地

An unincorporated area wholly surrounded by one or more incorporated areas.

Examples :

"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。

area geography politics government

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noun

孤岛效应, 孤岛语境

(grammar) A phrase from which a wh-word cannot be extracted without yielding invalid grammar.

Examples :

"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？）。

grammar linguistics

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verb

使成岛屿，孤立。

To surround with water; make into an island.

Examples :

"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。

geography environment

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verb

星罗棋布，点缀成岛屿。

To set, dot (as if) with islands.

Examples :

"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。

geography world nature

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verb

孤立，隔离。

Examples :

"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。

environment world geography