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off-island

/awf-ahy-luhnd, of-/US // ˈɔfˈaɪ lənd, ˈɒf- //

岛外,离岛,岛外的,非岛内

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : located or tending away from the shore of an island: an off-island current.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : away from the shore of an island: The ship sank about two miles off-island.

Examples

  • But Krauss said that from the moment he and the other scientists arrived on the island, they never saw anything untoward.

  • Although the blood-spattered offices will be off-limits, staff have vowed to continue producing the magazine.

  • A passing off-duty school safety officer named Fred Lucas said that he had been told the man was a drug dealer.

  • The NOPD fired Knight in 1973 for stealing lumber from a construction site as an off-duty cop.

  • The off-year special election into which Duke threw himself drew little media notice at first.

  • A lateen sail was visible in the direction of Cat Island, and others to the south seemed almost motionless in the far distance.

  • A far-off volley rumbled over the plain, and a few birds stirred uneasily among the trees.

  • A volcano broke out in the island of St. George, one of the Azores.

  • The Dutch fleet attacked Burnt island, in Scotland, but were repulsed.

  • In 1622 a monopoly of the importation of tobacco was granted to the Virginia and Somers Island, companies.