island 音标拼音: ['ɑɪlənd]
n . 岛,岛屿,孤立地区,安全岛
vt . 使成岛状,孤立
岛,岛屿,孤立地区,安全岛使成岛状,孤立
island n 1 :
a land mass (
smaller than a continent )
that is surrounded by water 2 :
a zone or area resembling an island Island \
Is "
land \,
n . [
OE .
iland ,
yland ,
AS . [
imac ]
gland , ?
gland ,
?
glond ; [
imac ]
g , ?
g ,
island land ,
lond ,
land .
AS . [
imac ]
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 }.]
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1 .
A tract of land surrounded by water ,
and smaller than a continent .
Cf . {
Continent }.
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2 .
Anything regarded as resembling an island ;
as ,
an island of ice .
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3 . (
Zool .)
See {
Isle },
n .,
2 .
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{
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 .
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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 .
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2 .
To furnish with an island or with islands ;
as ,
to island the deep . --
Southey .
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49 Moby Thesaurus words for "
island ":
aerodrome ,
air base ,
airdrome ,
airfield ,
airport ,
ait ,
archipelagian ,
archipelagic ,
archipelago ,
atoll ,
bar ,
cay ,
close off ,
continental island ,
coral head ,
coral island ,
coral reef ,
cut off ,
enisle ,
field ,
heliport ,
holm ,
insular ,
insularity ,
insulate ,
insulated ,
island group ,
island -
dotted ,
islanded ,
islandish ,
islandlike ,
islandology ,
islandy ,
isle ,
islet ,
isleted ,
isolated ,
key ,
landing ,
landing field ,
oceanic island ,
port ,
reef ,
sandbank ,
sandbar ,
seagirt ,
segregate ,
separate ,
sequester Island (
Heb . '
i , "
dry land ,"
as opposed to water )
occurs in its usual signification (
Isa .
42 :
4 ,
10 ,
12 ,
15 ,
comp .
Jer .
47 :
4 ),
but more frequently simply denotes a maritime region or sea -
coast (
Isa .
20 :
6 ,
R .
V .,"
coastland ;"
23 :
2 ,
6 ;
Jer .
2 :
10 ;
Ezek .
27 :
6 ,
7 ).
(
See {
CHITTIM }.)
The shores of the Mediterranean are called the "
islands of the sea " (
Isa .
11 :
11 ),
or the "
isles of the Gentiles " (
Gen .
10 :
5 ),
and sometimes simply "
isles " (
Ps .
72 :
10 );
Ezek .
26 :
15 ,
18 ;
27 :
3 ,
35 ;
Dan .
11 :
18 ).
ISLAND .
A piece of land surrounded by water .
2 .
Islands are in the sea or in rivers .
Those in the sea are either in the open sea ,
or within the boundary of some country .
3 .
When new islands arise in the open sea ,
they belong to the first occupant :
but when they are newly formed so near the shore as to be within the boundary of some state ,
they belong to that state .
4 .
Islands which arise in rivets when in the middle of the stream ,
belong in equal parts to the riparian proprietors when they arise .
mostly on one side ,
they will belong to the riparian owners up to the middle of the stream .
Bract .
lib .
2 ,
c .
2 ;
Fleta ,
lib .
3 ,
c .
2 ,
s .
6 ;
2 Bl .
261 ;
1 Swift '
s Dig .
111 ;
Schult .
Aq .
R .
117 ;
Woolr .
on Waters :
38 ;
4 Pick .
R .
268 ;
Dougl .
R .
441 ;
10 Wend .
260 ;
14 S . &
R .
1 .
For the law of Louisiana ,
see Civil Code ,
art .
505 ,
507 .
5 .
The doctrine of the common law on this subject ,
founded on reason ,
seems to have been borrowed from the civil law .
Vide Inst .
2 ,
1 ,
22 ;
Dig .
41 ,
1 ,
7 ;
Code ,
7 ;
41 ,
1 .
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