insular
insular
adjective
insularity
noun
insularly
adverb
语源
adjective
- ignorant of or uninterested in cultures, ideas, or peoples outside one's own experience
思想狭隘的，仅关注本国文化（或民族）的，保守的
a stubbornly insular farming people.
思想顽固狭隘的农民们。
■lacking contact with other people
孤立的，与世隔绝的
people living restricted and sometimes insular existences.
过着受限制且有时与世隔绝的生活的人们。 - 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。
■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世纪英国和爱尔兰的彩饰工艺品。
■(of climate) equable because of the influence of the sea
（气候）受海洋影响而平静的 - (Anatomy)of or relating to the insula of the brain
(剖)脑岛的
insularity
noun
insularly
adverb
语源
- mid 16th cent. (as a noun denoting an islander): from late Latin insularis, from insula 'island'
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