landmarkn.

Brit.

/ˈlan(d)mɑːk/, U.S.

/ˈlæn(d)ˌmɑrk/

Etymology: Old English landmearc feminine: see land n.¹ and mark n.¹ (Compare German landmark boundary, landmarke sailor's landmark.)

a. The boundary of a country, estate, etc.; an object set up to mark a boundary line.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > land-boundary > boundary mark

markingOE

boundc1275

marka1325

merea1387

meithc1430

limit1439

doolc1440

prop1450

march1495

landmark1535

mere boundc1600

mere-mark1611

border-mark1613

bound-mark1623

bounder-mark1666

boundary-mark1878

OE Cynewulf Juliana 635 Ða wæs gelæded londmearce neah ond to þære stowe þær hi stearcferþe þurh cumbolhete cwellan þohtun.

982 in Kemble Cod. Dipl. III. 189 Seo landmearce lið of Terstan upp be Hohtuninga mearce.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Job xxiv. 2 Some men there be, that remoue other mens londe markes.

1611 Bible (King James) Deut. xxvii. 17 Cursed be he that remooueth his neighbours land-marke [ Coverdale mark] .

1791 E. Burke Corr. (1844) III. 211 When..he returned to the possession of his estates,..he found none of the ancient landmarks removed.

1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) II. xiv. 235 The landmarks of Platæa..were carried forward to the Asopus.

1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) IV. xxxvi. 416 The landmarks which separated the two states had been removed.

figurative.a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) iv. ix. 118 May we not too hastily displace the ancient termini, and remove the land-marks of Vertue and Vice?1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. lxi. 287 He has introduced new law too, and removed the landmarks established by former decisions.1859 J. Bright Speeches 6 I do not wish to endanger or to move any of the ancient landmarks of our constitution.

†b. ? A district. Obsolete. [So formerly German landmark.]

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > part of country or district > [noun]

endc893

shirec893

estrec1275

sidec1325

bounds1340

provincea1382

partc1400

landmark1550

tract1553

canton1601

neighbourhood1652

district1712

section1785

circumscription1831

location1833

block1840

strip1873

1550 W. Lynne tr. J. Funke Actes & Hist. Worlde 1532–50 in tr. J. Carion Thre Bks. Cronicles 255 He wrought much wo to the citie of Brunswike, roauing and burnyng in her suburbes, villages, landmarkes, and iurisdictions.

2. An object in the landscape, which, by its conspicuousness, serves as a guide in the direction of one's course (originally and esp. as a guide to sailors in navigation); hence, any conspicuous object which characterizes a neighbourhood or district.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > [noun] > that which guides or leads > landmark

marka1398

landmark1570

waymark1611

clue1840

waymarker1867

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > buoys, marks, or lighthouses > [noun] > object on land or sea as guide

marka1398

sea-mark1566

landmark1570

daymark1695

leading-mark1804

tide-mark1861

shoal-mark1875

range mark1886

range marker1934

cardinal mark1974

1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. aiiij^v Hydrographie, requireth a particular Register of certaine Landmarkes..from the sea.

1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 43 A Land marke, is any Mountaine, Rocke, Church, Wind-mill or the like, that the Pilot can know by comparing one by another how they beare by the compasse.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 432 Ith' midst an Altar as the Land-mark stood.

1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 37 Having no Chart for the Coast, nor any Land-Mark.

1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) II. vii. 183 Like unskilful sailors who have lost the landmarks of their course.

1859 C. Dickens Let. 29 Mar. (1997) IX. 44 The house altogether is the great land-mark of the whole neighbourhood.

figurative.1712 J. Hughes Spectator No. 316. ⁋2 Now one Face of Indolence overspreads the whole, and I have no Land-mark to direct my self by.1880 Times 18 Sept. 9/3 Two or three land-marks, however, in the dreary waste [of evidence] attract attention.

3. (In modern use.) An object which marks or is associated with some event or stage in a process; esp. a characteristic, a modification, etc., or an event, which marks a period or turning-point in the history of a thing.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > that which is important > essential or central > upon which something depends

harrec1000

pina1538

key1559

pinch1581

axle-treec1600

axlea1634

fulcrum1668

keystone1722

pivot1748

turning-point1836

landmark1859

axis1860

linchpin1954

1859 C. Barker Devel. Associative Princ. ii. 46 This important land~mark in our social history.

1862 J. S. Mill Utilitarianism 5 This..man, whose system of thought will long remain one of the land~marks in the history of philosophical speculation.

1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 127 The black pigment specks which are seen in this variety [of leech]..seem..to point in the same direction as those more constant land-marks just specified.

1884 W. K. Parker Mammalian Descent (1885) vii. 177 In these skulls the landmarks are all gone, except the holes for the vessels and nerves [etc.].

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b. attributive. Of an event, action, statement, etc.: historically significant as marking a period or turning-point; epoch-making; spec. in Law, of a legal case or decision. Originally U.S.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > [adjective] > other types of action or suit

real1444

popular1490

fat1644

pre-judicial1651

quantum valebant1827

prejudical1864

adjectician1880

prejudiciary1880

landmark1937

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adjective] > worthy of notice

specialc1405

eminentc1420

markablec1449

noteworthy1552

regardable1572

respectable1584

of —— observation1587

considerable1589

of (great, little, etc.) mark1590

signal1591

remarkable1593

conspicuous1604

noble1604

observative1608

observable1609

significant1642

noteful1644

signalized1652

tall1655

curious1682

notice-worthy1713

unco1724

noticeable1793

handsome1813

epoch-forming1816

measurable1839

epochal1857

epoch-making1863

era-making1894

epoch-marking1895

high profile1950

landmark1959

1937 N.Y. Suppl. 292 615 All of the cases subsequent to that landmark decision by Chief Justices Marshall lean heavily thereon.

1959 PMLA 74 593/1 Mr. Chapman has already quoted the landmark statement about relative stress made by Otto Jespersen.

1972 Tuscaloosa (Alabama) News 22 Feb. 1 The current federal lawsuit against Partlow State School and Hospital may become a landmark decision in America.

1975 New Yorker 10 Feb. 105/1 Majority Leader Cuite rose to praise the Council's previous year as ‘one of the busiest work sessions in history’, noting that this ‘landmark body’ had held twenty-two meetings..during the year.

1986 City Limits 16 Oct. 97 The fourth of October saw the 50th anniversary of the battle of Cable Street, a landmark victory for the left.

1990 Sky Mag. Apr. 45/2 Glory joins Roots as a landmark film for both the use of black actors and sensitive retelling of a moment from black American history.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	landmark
释义	landmarkn. Brit. /ˈlan(d)mɑːk/, U.S. /ˈlæn(d)ˌmɑrk/ Etymology: Old English landmearc feminine: see land n.¹ and mark n.¹ (Compare German landmark boundary, landmarke sailor's landmark.) 1. a. The boundary of a country, estate, etc.; an object set up to mark a boundary line. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > land-boundary > boundary mark markingOE boundc1275 marka1325 merea1387 meithc1430 limit1439 doolc1440 prop1450 march1495 landmark1535 mere boundc1600 mere-mark1611 border-mark1613 bound-mark1623 bounder-mark1666 boundary-mark1878 OE Cynewulf Juliana 635 Ða wæs gelæded londmearce neah ond to þære stowe þær hi stearcferþe þurh cumbolhete cwellan þohtun. 982 in Kemble Cod. Dipl. III. 189 Seo landmearce lið of Terstan upp be Hohtuninga mearce. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Job xxiv. 2 Some men there be, that remoue other mens londe markes. 1611 Bible (King James) Deut. xxvii. 17 Cursed be he that remooueth his neighbours land-marke [ Coverdale mark] . View more context for this quotation 1791 E. Burke Corr. (1844) III. 211 When..he returned to the possession of his estates,..he found none of the ancient landmarks removed. 1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) II. xiv. 235 The landmarks of Platæa..were carried forward to the Asopus. 1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) IV. xxxvi. 416 The landmarks which separated the two states had been removed. figurative.a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) iv. ix. 118 May we not too hastily displace the ancient termini, and remove the land-marks of Vertue and Vice?1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. lxi. 287 He has introduced new law too, and removed the landmarks established by former decisions.1859 J. Bright Speeches 6 I do not wish to endanger or to move any of the ancient landmarks of our constitution. †b. ? A district. Obsolete. [So formerly German landmark.] ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > part of country or district > [noun] endc893 shirec893 estrec1275 sidec1325 bounds1340 provincea1382 partc1400 landmark1550 tract1553 canton1601 neighbourhood1652 district1712 section1785 circumscription1831 location1833 block1840 strip1873 1550 W. Lynne tr. J. Funke Actes & Hist. Worlde 1532–50 in tr. J. Carion Thre Bks. Cronicles 255 He wrought much wo to the citie of Brunswike, roauing and burnyng in her suburbes, villages, landmarkes, and iurisdictions. 2. An object in the landscape, which, by its conspicuousness, serves as a guide in the direction of one's course (originally and esp. as a guide to sailors in navigation); hence, any conspicuous object which characterizes a neighbourhood or district. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > [noun] > that which guides or leads > landmark marka1398 landmark1570 waymark1611 clue1840 waymarker1867 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > buoys, marks, or lighthouses > [noun] > object on land or sea as guide marka1398 sea-mark1566 landmark1570 daymark1695 leading-mark1804 tide-mark1861 shoal-mark1875 range mark1886 range marker1934 cardinal mark1974 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. aiiij^v Hydrographie, requireth a particular Register of certaine Landmarkes..from the sea. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 43 A Land marke, is any Mountaine, Rocke, Church, Wind-mill or the like, that the Pilot can know by comparing one by another how they beare by the compasse. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 432 Ith' midst an Altar as the Land-mark stood. View more context for this quotation 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 37 Having no Chart for the Coast, nor any Land-Mark. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) II. vii. 183 Like unskilful sailors who have lost the landmarks of their course. 1859 C. Dickens Let. 29 Mar. (1997) IX. 44 The house altogether is the great land-mark of the whole neighbourhood. figurative.1712 J. Hughes Spectator No. 316. ⁋2 Now one Face of Indolence overspreads the whole, and I have no Land-mark to direct my self by.1880 Times 18 Sept. 9/3 Two or three land-marks, however, in the dreary waste [of evidence] attract attention. 3. (In modern use.) An object which marks or is associated with some event or stage in a process; esp. a characteristic, a modification, etc., or an event, which marks a period or turning-point in the history of a thing. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > that which is important > essential or central > upon which something depends harrec1000 pina1538 key1559 pinch1581 axle-treec1600 axlea1634 fulcrum1668 keystone1722 pivot1748 turning-point1836 landmark1859 axis1860 linchpin1954 1859 C. Barker Devel. Associative Princ. ii. 46 This important land~mark in our social history. 1862 J. S. Mill Utilitarianism 5 This..man, whose system of thought will long remain one of the land~marks in the history of philosophical speculation. 1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 127 The black pigment specks which are seen in this variety [of leech]..seem..to point in the same direction as those more constant land-marks just specified. 1884 W. K. Parker Mammalian Descent (1885) vii. 177 In these skulls the landmarks are all gone, except the holes for the vessels and nerves [etc.]. Draft additions 1997 b. attributive. Of an event, action, statement, etc.: historically significant as marking a period or turning-point; epoch-making; spec. in Law, of a legal case or decision. Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > [adjective] > other types of action or suit real1444 popular1490 fat1644 pre-judicial1651 quantum valebant1827 prejudical1864 adjectician1880 prejudiciary1880 landmark1937 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adjective] > worthy of notice specialc1405 eminentc1420 markablec1449 noteworthy1552 regardable1572 respectable1584 of —— observation1587 considerable1589 of (great, little, etc.) mark1590 signal1591 remarkable1593 conspicuous1604 noble1604 observative1608 observable1609 significant1642 noteful1644 signalized1652 tall1655 curious1682 notice-worthy1713 unco1724 noticeable1793 handsome1813 epoch-forming1816 measurable1839 epochal1857 epoch-making1863 era-making1894 epoch-marking1895 high profile1950 landmark1959 1937 N.Y. Suppl. 292 615 All of the cases subsequent to that landmark decision by Chief Justices Marshall lean heavily thereon. 1959 PMLA 74 593/1 Mr. Chapman has already quoted the landmark statement about relative stress made by Otto Jespersen. 1972 Tuscaloosa (Alabama) News 22 Feb. 1 The current federal lawsuit against Partlow State School and Hospital may become a landmark decision in America. 1975 New Yorker 10 Feb. 105/1 Majority Leader Cuite rose to praise the Council's previous year as ‘one of the busiest work sessions in history’, noting that this ‘landmark body’ had held twenty-two meetings..during the year. 1986 City Limits 16 Oct. 97 The fourth of October saw the 50th anniversary of the battle of Cable Street, a landmark victory for the left. 1990 Sky Mag. Apr. 45/2 Glory joins Roots as a landmark film for both the use of black actors and sensitive retelling of a moment from black American history. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). landmarkv. Brit. /ˈlan(d)mɑːk/, U.S. /ˈlæn(d)ˌmɑrk/ Etymology: < landmark n. transitive. To be or act as a landmark to; to provide with a landmark. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > show (the way) [verb (transitive)] > provide or identify with landmark waymark1900 landmark1921 1921 J. F. Porte Sir E. Elgar 8 It is not necessary here to landmark further successes. 1928 Sunday Disp. 9 Dec. 2/2 Her mother, perhaps the only disinterested figure of all the many who landmarked those ten years, had died. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OEv.1921
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landmarkn.

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