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islet

/ahy-lit/US // ˈaɪ lɪt //UK // (ˈaɪlɪt) //

小岛,岛内,岛,岛国

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a very small island.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Anatomy. situated in or pertaining to the islet of Langerhans: islet cells.

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Examples

  • We heard it again while snorkeling the colorful coral of Molokini islet with Redline Rafting Co.

  • We zoomed by islets not much bigger than suburban homes, clumsily navigating a 13-mile stretch of open water and stopping frequently to read and reread our map.

  • Near the southern town of Vila Franca do Campo, a submerged volcanic islet makes for great snorkeling.

  • Jobs learned in 2003 that he had an extremely rare form of this cancer, an islet-cell neuroendocrine tumor.

  • On a rocky islet in the centre of a fresh water pond two miles in circuit they commenced erecting a fort and store house.

  • Buache Island was visible as well as the small rocky islet between it and Cape Peron.

  • Off the entrance is a high rocky islet, the Nobby, within which the channel is shoal and dangerous to pass.

  • There is a reef that extends for nearly a mile and a half off the cape, having a rocky islet at its extremity.

  • Between the easternmost islet and the land, there is a strait of a league in width.