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单词 Reil's island
释义

insula /inˈsū-lə (L ēnˈsŭ-la)/

noun (pl inˈsulae /-lē/)
  1. A block of buildings (ancient Rome)
  2. An apartment house (ancient Rome)
  3. A small lobe of the cerebrum hidden in the fissure of Sylvius (also called Reil's island; anatomy)
ORIGIN: L, an island

island /īˈlənd/

noun
  1. A mass of land (not a continent) surrounded with water
  2. Anything isolated, detached, or surrounded by something of a different nature
  3. A small raised traffic-free area in a street, esp for pedestrians
  4. Tissue or cells detached and differing from their surroundings
adjective
  1. Of an island
  2. Forming an island
transitive verb
  1. To cause to appear like an island
  2. To isolate
  3. To dot as with islands
ORIGIN: ME iland, from OE īegland, īgland, ēgland, from īeg, īg, ēg island (from a root which appears in Angles-ea, Aldern-ey, etc, OE ēa, L aqua water) and land; the s is due to confusion with isle

islander /īˈlənd-ər/ noun

An inhabitant of an island

island-hopping see under hop1

islands of Langerhans same as islets of Langerhans (see under isle).

Islands of the Blest or Islands of the Blessed plural noun (Gr myth)

The abode of the blessed dead, situated somewhere in the far west

island universe noun

A spiral nebula regarded as forming a separate stellar system

Reil's island see insula

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