late 13c., from Old French ile, earlier isle, from Latin insula "island," of uncertain origin, perhaps (as the Ancients guessed) from in salo "(that which is) in the sea," from ablative of salum "the open sea." The -s- was restored first in French, then in English in the late 1500s.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Castle-hunters won't be disappointed with the Isle of Man.
馬恩島不會(huì)讓城堡探尋者失望的。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. After much cogitation, we decided to move to the Isle of Wight.