TREASURE ISLAND


Meaning of TREASURE ISLAND in English

ˌTreasure ˈIsland BrE AmE

(1883) an adventure story for children by Robert Louis Stevenson about a young man called Jim Hawkins who is trying to find some ↑ treasure (=gold, jewels, coins etc) that has been buried on an island. He discovers that some of the sailors on his ship are ↑ pirate s (=sailors who violently rob other ships) led by Long John Silver.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.