insular
/ˈɪnsjʊlə(r)/adjective
1
- ignorant of or uninterested in cultures, ideas, or peoples outside one's own experience（思想、文化、民族交往方面）狭隘的, 孤独的, 保守的：
a stubbornly insular farming people.
思想顽固狭隘的农耕民族。
1.1
- lacking contact with other people孤立的, 与世隔绝的：
people living restricted and sometimes insular existences.
过着狭隘有时是与世隔绝的生活的人们。
2
- of, relating to, or from an island（有关）岛的, 来自岛屿的：
the movement of goods of insular origin
原产于岛上的货物的运输
an insular product.
岛上产品。
2.1
- of or relating to the art and craftwork of Britain and Ireland in the early Middle Ages, especially a form of Latin handwriting中世纪早期英国和爱尔兰艺术（或手工艺）的（尤指拉丁书法的）：
insular illumination of the 6th century.
6世纪英国和爱尔兰卷子本上的图案花饰。
2.2
- (of climate) equable because of the influence of the sea（气候）受海洋影响而平静的。
3
- Anatomy of or relating to the insula of the brain【剖】脑岛的。
派生词
insularity
nouninsularly
adverb词源
mid 16th cent. (as a noun denoting an islander)： from late Latin insularis, from insula 'island'.