| 词汇 | islander |
| 释义 | islander noun[ C ] uk /ˈaɪ.lən.dər/ us /ˈaɪ.lən.dɚ/ someone who lives on an island: 岛民，岛上居民 Scottish islanders苏格兰岛民 People who live or settle somewhere asylum seeker boarder brain drain city slicker co-resident frontiersman Georgian guest worker habitant illegal alien lodger Orcadian outflow overspill repeople returnee squatter villager welcome wagon year-rounder Examples of islanderislander And in nineteenth-century anthropological studies of the region, one runs into the obligatory chapters describing the function and materials of the islanders' garments. Raised /ay/ in general has served as a marker of islander speech for generations; however, it is pre-voiced raised /ay/ that has achieved most prominence. The islanders did not follow the national trend towards a more varied and better-quality diet. The islanders even try to impose a right of veto on anything published about the island by any visitor. It needs to be as foreign as the missionaries were to the islanders. The rate would be a little less than the nationwide one in the studied population when the demographic characteristics of islanders are considered. The local islanders felt economic pressure from declining fishing, farming, and dairy industries, and consequently, an increased reliance on a seasonal tourist industry. This would be expected to have an effect on the microevolution of the islanders. It is a rather widely recognized variety, complete with its own name, and it is the subject of frequent comment by islanders and outsiders. Situated at the latitude of the roaring forties, the islanders experience extraordinary wind paths. In addition, islanders are also able to accurately demonstrate the non-glided fronted variant which characterizes mainland and older island speech. Barker incorporates extensive quotes that describe the islanders' experiences and the effects of radiation on their bodies. Everyone would then have an equal opportunity to purchase the right to control the special skills of particularly talented islanders and so, too, the benefits of having those skills. Over the past several decades islanders have come into increasingly frequent contact with tourists and new residents, who often comment on the island's "quaint" relic dialect. This is a source, to say the least, of vexation and inconvenience to the islanders. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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