isle
noun /aɪl/
/aɪl/
(abbreviation I, I., Is.)
- used especially in poetry and names to mean ‘island’
(常用于诗歌和名称中)岛 - the Isle of Skye
斯凯岛 - the British Isles
英伦列岛
词源Middle English ile, from Old French, from Latin insula. The spelling with s (also in 15th-cent. French) is influenced by Latin. - the Isle of Skye