Adjective:
relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island;insular territories
Hawaii's insular culture
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
narrowly restricted in outlook or scope;little sympathy with parochial mentality
insular attitudes toward foreigners
insular slope岛坡insular arteries岛动脉insular climate岛屿性气候insular part岛部insular lobe岛叶insular shelf岛基台,岛架…insular prejudice岛国的偏见
近义词 narrow有限的limited有限的provincial省的alienated疏远的cloistered隐居的parochial地方性的contracted收缩了的blinkered心胸狭隘的narrow-minded气量小的inward-looking注重内心精神的…反义词 continental大陆的
形容词77%,名词23%
The British caricature themselves as a nation of insular xenophobes.英国人自嘲为惧怕外族、与世隔绝的民族。