insular /'insjulә/

Meaning

English definition

• (adj.) relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island
• (adj.) suggestive of the isolated life of an island; so deeply private as to seem inaccessible to the scrutiny of a novelist"- Leonard Michaels
• (adj.) narrowly restricted in outlook or scope

Chinese translation

• a. 岛的, 岛民的, 与世隔绝的, 孤立的, 保守的
• [医] 岛的, 胰岛的, 脑岛的

Word details

Part of speech

adjective

Pronunciation

/'insjulә/

Syllables

3

Exam levels

TOEFL · GRE

Frequency

Zipf 3.03 · Super Super Rare

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