insular
名词 n.
形容词 adj.
英 /ˈɪnsjələ/
美 /ˈɪnsəlɚ/|/ˈɪnsjəlɚ/
英文释义
名词 n.
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An islander.
— these insulars in general live in a gross saline air , and their vessels being less elastic are consequently less able to subdue and cast off what their bodies as sponges draw in
形容词 adj.
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Of or being, pertaining to, situated on, or resembling an island or islands.
— Near-synonym: islandic
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Separate or isolated from the surroundings; having little regard for others opinions or prejudices; provincial.
— Near-synonym: peninsular
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Having an inward-looking, standoffish, or withdrawn manner.
— Harriet was fretful and insular. Miss Abbott was pleasant, and insisted on praising everything: her only regret was that she had no pretty clothes with her.
- Relating to the insula in the brain.
- Relating to insulin.
- (often with a capital letter) Relating to the varieties of a language or languages spoken chiefly on islands. Insular Latin, Latin as it was spoken in Britain and Ireland. Insular Celtic, the Celtic languages of Britain, Ireland and also Brittany, as opposed to those spoken in mainland Europe other than Brittany. Insular Scandinavian, relating to the Icelandic and Faroese languages as opposed to the ones spoken in Sweden, Denmark and Norway.
词汇关系
衍生词
adipoinsular
circuminsular
enteroinsular
frontoinsular
insular cortex
insular gray fox
insularity
insularization
insularize
insularly
insular script
insular Spaniard
insular tameness
interinsular
microinsular
monoinsular
noninsular
operculoinsular
palaeoinsular
parainsular
parietoinsular
periinsular
perinsular
retroinsular
septinsular
subinsular
transinsular
uninsular
词源
词源 1
Learned borrowing from Latin īnsulāris (“of or belonging to an island”), from īnsula (“an island”), of uncertain origin.
词源 2
Learned borrowing from Latin īnsulāris (“of or belonging to an island”), from īnsula (“an island”), of uncertain origin.
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