单词 | island-hopping |
释义 | Word Frequency island-hopping(ˈaɪləndˌhɒpɪŋ) noun 1. the military strategy, used by the Allies in World War II, of concentrating on Japanese islands which were not well defended 2. anthropology the method by which Polynesians settled the Pacific islands (by making several journeys between islands) 3. the method by which animals and plants become native to different islands (by drifting from one island to another) 4. a. the visiting of many islands in succession, usually as part of a holiday They went island-hopping around the Pacific Ocean b. (as modifier) a 17-day island-hopping holiday |
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