Insular
['ɪnsjʊlə] or ['ɪnsəlɚ]
解释:
(adj.) narrowly restricted in outlook or scope; 'little sympathy with parochial mentality'; 'insular attitudes toward foreigners' .
(adj.) suggestive of the isolated life of an island; 'an exceedingly insular man; so deeply private as to seem inaccessible to the scrutiny of a novelist'- Leonard Michaels .
(adj.) relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island; 'insular territories'; 'Hawaii's insular culture' .
伯尼编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Of or pertaining to an island; of the nature, or possessing the characteristics, of an island; as, an insular climate, fauna, etc.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the people of an island; narrow; circumscribed; illiberal; contracted; as, insular habits, opinions, or prejudices.
(n.) An islander.
校对:托妮
同义词及近义词:
a. Surrounded by water.
校对:伦道夫
解释:
adj. belonging to an island: surrounded by water: standing or situated alone: narrow prejudiced.—ns. In′sularism Insular′ity the state of being insular.—adv. In′sularly.—v.t. In′sulate to place in a detached situation: to prevent connection or communication: (electricity) to separate esp. from the earth by a non-conductor.—ns. Insulā′tion; In′sulator one who or that which insulates: a non-conductor of electricity.
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例句:
- So much of my early life has been passed abroad, that I have quite cast my insular skin in that respect. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The continental female is quite a different being to the insular female of the same age and class: I never saw such eyes and brows in England. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- Astounding insular audacity! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- Oh, in the old days I was rather a celebrity in the islands,—a kind of insular Lord Byron,—and of course had my followers. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
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