insular
英['ɪnsjʊlə]
美['ɪnsəlɚ]
英英释意
- 1. relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island;
- "insular territories"
- "Hawaii's insular culture"
- 2. suggestive of the isolated life of an island;
- "an exceedingly insular man; so deeply private as to seem inaccessible to the scrutiny of a novelist"- Leonard Michaels
- 3. narrowly restricted in outlook or scope;
- "little sympathy with parocial mentality"
- "insular attitudes toward foreigners"