单词 | landing |
释义 | landing (lændɪŋ) Word forms: plural landings 1. countable noun In a house or other building, the landing is the area at the top of the staircase which has rooms leading off it. I ran out onto the landing. 2. variable noun A landing is an act of bringing an aircraft or spacecraft down to the ground. I had to make a controlled landing into the sea. [+ into] The plane had been cleared for landing at Brunswick's Glynco Airport. [+ at] Synonyms: coming in, arrival, touchdown, disembarkation More Synonyms of landing 3. countable noun When a landing takes place, troops are unloaded from boats or aircraft at the beginning of a military invasion or other operation. American forces have begun a big landing. 4. countable noun A landing is the same as a landing stage. More Synonyms of landing landing in British English (ˈlændɪŋ) noun 1. a. the act of coming to land, esp after a flight or sea voyage b. (as modifier) landing place 2. a place of disembarkation 3. the floor area at the top of a flight of stairs or between two flights of stairs landing in American English (ˈlændɪŋ) noun 1. the act of coming to shore or of going or putting ashore 2. a place where a ship or boat takes on or unloads cargo or passengers 3. a platform at the end of a flight of stairs 4. the act of alighting, or coming to the ground, as after a flight, jump, or fall COBUILD Collocations |
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