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Definition of isle in English: islenoun ʌɪlaɪl literary An island or peninsula, especially a small one. 〈主诗/文〉小岛；小半岛 鲁滨孙（漂流记）中传说的小岛。 in place names the British Isles Example sentencesExamples - There are the Bikini Islanders, a gentle people who consider the tiny isle their home.
- Suffice to say some people on this fair isle have no sense of humour.
- This house is set on the side of a low wooded hill overlooking Lough Gill and the lake isle of Innisfree.
- As my thinking cap is keeping me positive, the emerald isle moves me.
- Land of beaches, hills and valleys, fairest isle of all the earth.
OriginMiddle English ile, from Old French, from Latin insula. The spelling with s (also in 15th-century French) is influenced by Latin. Rhymesaisle, Argyle, awhile, beguile, bile, Carlisle, Carlyle, compile, De Stijl, ensile, file, guile, I'll, interfile, Kabyle, kyle, lisle, Lyle, Mikhail, mile, Nile, pile, rank-and-file, resile, rile, Ryle, Sieg Heil, smile, spile, stile, style, tile, vile, Weil, while, wile, worthwhile Definition of isle in US English: islenounīlaɪl literary An island or peninsula, especially a small one. 〈主诗/文〉小岛；小半岛 鲁滨孙（漂流记）中传说的小岛。 in place names the British Isles Example sentencesExamples - Suffice to say some people on this fair isle have no sense of humour.
- There are the Bikini Islanders, a gentle people who consider the tiny isle their home.
- Land of beaches, hills and valleys, fairest isle of all the earth.
- As my thinking cap is keeping me positive, the emerald isle moves me.
- This house is set on the side of a low wooded hill overlooking Lough Gill and the lake isle of Innisfree.
OriginMiddle English ile, from Old French, from Latin insula. The spelling with s (also in 15th-century French) is influenced by Latin. |