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island 音標拼音: ['ɑɪlənd] n. 島,島嶼,孤立地區,安全島
vt. 使成島狀,孤立 島,島嶼,孤立地區,安全島使成島狀,孤立 island n 1: a land mass ( smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water 2: a zone or area resembling an islandIsland \ Is" land\, n. [ OE. iland, yland, AS. [ imac] gland, ? gland, ? glond; [ imac] g, ? g, island land, lond, land. AS. [ imac] g, ? g, is akin to AS. e[' a] water, river, OHG. ? uwa, G. au meadow, Icel. ey island, Dan. & Sw. [" o], Goth. ahwa a stream, water, L. aqua water. The s is due to confusion with isle. Cf. { Ait}, { Eyot}, { Ewer}, { Aquatic}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. A tract of land surrounded by water, and smaller than a continent. Cf. { Continent}. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Anything regarded as resembling an island; as, an island of ice. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Zool.) See { Isle}, n., 2. [ 1913 Webster] { Islands of the blessed} ( Myth.), islands supposed to lie in the Western Ocean, where the favorites of the gods are conveyed at death, and dwell in everlasting joy. [ 1913 Webster]
Island \ Is" land\, v. t. 1. To cause to become or to resemble an island; to make an island or islands of; to isle. -- Shelley. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To furnish with an island or with islands; as, to island the deep. -- Southey. [ 1913 Webster] 49 Moby Thesaurus words for " island": aerodrome, air base, airdrome, airfield, airport, ait, archipelagian, archipelagic, archipelago, atoll, bar, cay, close off, continental island, coral head, coral island, coral reef, cut off, enisle, field, heliport, holm, insular, insularity, insulate, insulated, island group, island- dotted, islanded, islandish, islandlike, islandology, islandy, isle, islet, isleted, isolated, key, landing, landing field, oceanic island, port, reef, sandbank, sandbar, seagirt, segregate, separate, sequesterIsland ( Heb. ' i, " dry land," as opposed to water) occurs in its usual signification ( Isa. 42: 4, 10, 12, 15, comp. Jer. 47: 4), but more frequently simply denotes a maritime region or sea- coast ( Isa. 20: 6, R. V.," coastland;" 23: 2, 6; Jer. 2: 10; Ezek. 27: 6, 7). ( See { CHITTIM}.) The shores of the Mediterranean are called the " islands of the sea" ( Isa. 11: 11), or the " isles of the Gentiles" ( Gen. 10: 5), and sometimes simply " isles" ( Ps. 72: 10); Ezek. 26: 15, 18; 27: 3, 35; Dan. 11: 18). ISLAND. A piece of land surrounded by water. 2. Islands are in the sea or in rivers. Those in the sea are either in the open sea, or within the boundary of some country. 3. When new islands arise in the open sea, they belong to the first occupant: but when they are newly formed so near the shore as to be within the boundary of some state, they belong to that state. 4. Islands which arise in rivets when in the middle of the stream, belong in equal parts to the riparian proprietors when they arise. mostly on one side, they will belong to the riparian owners up to the middle of the stream. Bract. lib. 2, c. 2; Fleta, lib. 3, c. 2, s. 6; 2 Bl. 261; 1 Swift' s Dig. 111; Schult. Aq. R. 117; Woolr. on Waters: 38; 4 Pick. R. 268; Dougl. R. 441; 10 Wend. 260; 14 S. & R. 1. For the law of Louisiana, see Civil Code, art. 505, 507. 5. The doctrine of the common law on this subject, founded on reason, seems to have been borrowed from the civil law. Vide Inst. 2, 1, 22; Dig. 41, 1, 7; Code, 7; 41, 1. |
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