island
['ailənd]
n. 岛, 岛屿, , 岛

vt. 使岛状,

[医] 岛

1. She left the small island and became famous in metropolitan France.
   她岛而都市。
2. Criminals are kept in the cages on this island.
   刑犯被岛牢房里。

island
[ noun ]

1. a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water

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2. a zone or area resembling an island

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Island \Is"land\, n. [OE. iland, yland, AS. [=i]gland, ?gland,
?glond; [=i]g, ?g, island + land, lond, land. AS. [=i]g, ?g,
is akin to AS. e['a] water, river, OHG. ?uwa, G. au meadow,
Icel. ey island, Dan. & Sw. ["o], Goth. ahwa a stream, water,
L. aqua water. The s is due to confusion with isle. Cf.
{Ait}, {Eyot}, {Ewer}, {Aquatic}.]
1. A tract of land surrounded by water, and smaller than a
continent. Cf. {Continent}.

2. Anything regarded as resembling an island; as, an island
of ice.

3. (Zo["o]l.) See {Isle}, n., 2.

{Islands of the blessed} (Myth.), islands supposed to lie in
the Western Ocean, where the favorites of the gods are
conveyed at death, and dwell in everlasting joy.


Island \Is"land\, v. t.
1. To cause to become or to resemble an island; to make an
island or islands of; to isle. --Shelley.

2. To furnish with an island or with islands; as, to island
the deep. --Southey.