land
- IPA[land]
英式
- the part of the earth's surface that is not covered by water；living or travelling on land rather than in water or the air
- put (someone or something) on land from a boat；go ashore; disembark
verb: land, 3rd person present: lands, gerund or present participle: landing, past tense: landed, past participle: landed
noun: land, plural noun: lands
- 釋義
- 片語
名詞
- 1. the part of the earth's surface that is not covered by water the reptiles lay their eggs on land after four weeks at sea we sighted land 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ living or travelling on land rather than in water or the air a land force
- ▪ an area of ground, especially in terms of its ownership or use he bought 360 acres of land waste land 同義詞
- ▪ ground or soil used as a basis for agriculture my family had worked the land for many years
- ▪ rural areas and the rural way of life many people are leaving the land and going to work in the city 同義詞
- ▪ South African an area fenced off for cultivation; a field.
- 2. a country or state the valley is one of the most beautiful in the land the lands of the Middle East 同義詞
- ▪ a particular sphere of activity or group of people the blunt, charmless climate of techno-land
- ▪ a conceptual area you're living in a fantasy land
- 3. the space between the rifling grooves in a gun.
動詞
- 1. put (someone or something) on land from a boat he landed his troops at Hastings
- ▪ go ashore; disembark the marines landed at a small jetty 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ bring (a fish) to land with a net or rod he landed 43 on Saturday
- ▪ informal succeed in obtaining or achieving (something desirable), especially in the face of competition she landed the starring role in a new film 同義詞
- 2. come down through the air and rest on the ground or another surface we will shortly be landing at Gatwick a fly landed on Tom's nose 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ bring (an aircraft or spacecraft) to the ground or the surface of water in a controlled way the co-pilot landed the plane 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ reach the ground after falling or jumping he leapt over the fence and landed nimbly on his feet
- ▪ (of an object) come to rest after falling or being thrown the plate landed in her lap
- ▪ informal (of something undesirable or unexpected) arrive suddenly there were more problems than ever landing on her desk
- 3. informal inflict (a blow) on someone I won the fight without landing a single punch 同義詞
