Translations for „island“ in the English » Chinese Dictionary

island [ˈaılənd] N

1. island:

island

岛 dǎo

island

岛屿 dǎoyǔ

2. island:

island

(道路的)安全岛 ānquándǎo

island

安全带 ānquándài

Usage examples with island

dwell on an island

居住在岛上

Long Island sound

(美国纽约的)长岛海峡

an island girded by the sea

四面环海的岛

This island is mainly populated by fishermen.

居住在这个岛上的主要是渔民。

Let's pretend that we are on an island.

让我们假装我们是在一个岛上。

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The island was not of major political importance.

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They also occur on a number of oceanic islands.

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There are many islands within the lake, good for tourism.

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There are some narrow islands on the northern side of its reef with a total land area of about 3 km.

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As previously stated, a fire in the 19th-century resulted in the loss of much of the island's soil, the wind blowing it into the sea.

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It has a land area of 39 km and is found at the south-west portion of the island.

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He was also the owner of the island's second largest pineapple plantation.

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The village is a base for tobacco production on the virtually uninhabited island.

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