An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island in a river or a lake island may be called an eyot or ait, or a holm. A grouping of geographically or geologically related islands is called an archipelago, e.g. the Philippines.
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近义词
n.
land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma, zone
解析
island 普通用词,指一般的岛屿,即海里被水环绕、面积比大陆小的陆地,或河、湖中被水环绕的陆地。 peninsula 指三面临水一面连接大陆地,即半岛。