英语词汇“island fortress”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. Simple attributive. Of an island or islands; pertaining or belonging to an island. island fortress, island race (i.e. the British).

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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > [noun]

British1602

island race1621

British Lion1687

Great British Public1833

1621 J. Fletcher (title) The Island Princess.

1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. v. 385 The island Goddess knew, On the black sea what perils shou'd ensue.

1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. II. 154 Some shot were fired at his headmost ships from the Island-battery.

1832 Ld. Tennyson Buonaparte in Poems 5 That island queen who sways the floods and lands From Ind to Ind.

1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands I. 35 Their highest cluster of peaks..is in the island-chain which shoots off from Tuscany.

1844 R. M. Milnes Palm Leaves 10 St. John's proud island-chevaliers.

1852 Ld. Tennyson Ode Wellington viii Not once or twice in our rough island-story, The path of duty was the way to glory.

1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 129 A good deal of the bank we have passed by..has been island shore, with a channel between the islands and the true south bank.

1898 H. Newbolt (title) The island race.

1902 H. Belloc Path to Rome 51 Some kinds of men begin talking of Dogged Determination, Bull-dog pluck, the stubborn spirit of the Island race, and so forth.

1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 18 Apr. 28 In the strongly defended island fortress of Corregidor.

1958 Spectator 14 Feb. 199/2 I could wish that the Island Race as a whole were a little more discriminating in its drooling.

1966 Listener 26 May 771/1 Aware of Mr Menuhin's devotion to his adopted country, one felt it matched by the island-race stateliness of Sir Adrian.

单词	island fortress
释义	> as lemmas island fortress a. Simple attributive. Of an island or islands; pertaining or belonging to an island. island fortress, island race (i.e. the British). ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > [noun] British1602 island race1621 British Lion1687 Great British Public1833 1621 J. Fletcher (title) The Island Princess. 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. v. 385 The island Goddess knew, On the black sea what perils shou'd ensue. 1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. II. 154 Some shot were fired at his headmost ships from the Island-battery. 1832 Ld. Tennyson Buonaparte in Poems 5 That island queen who sways the floods and lands From Ind to Ind. 1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands I. 35 Their highest cluster of peaks..is in the island-chain which shoots off from Tuscany. 1844 R. M. Milnes Palm Leaves 10 St. John's proud island-chevaliers. 1852 Ld. Tennyson Ode Wellington viii Not once or twice in our rough island-story, The path of duty was the way to glory. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 129 A good deal of the bank we have passed by..has been island shore, with a channel between the islands and the true south bank. 1898 H. Newbolt (title) The island race. 1902 H. Belloc Path to Rome 51 Some kinds of men begin talking of Dogged Determination, Bull-dog pluck, the stubborn spirit of the Island race, and so forth. 1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 18 Apr. 28 In the strongly defended island fortress of Corregidor. 1958 Spectator 14 Feb. 199/2 I could wish that the Island Race as a whole were a little more discriminating in its drooling. 1966 Listener 26 May 771/1 Aware of Mr Menuhin's devotion to his adopted country, one felt it matched by the island-race stateliness of Sir Adrian. extracted from islandn. < as lemmas
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