| 单词 | parcel of land |
| 释义 | parcel of land (once / 28142 pages) n WORD FAMILY parcel of land: parcels of land USAGE EXAMPLESThey’ve been working with county officials for two years now on the building’s height, lighting and parking on the parcel of land they bought. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Then in November the city completed the deal to acquire the parcel of land that would allow Bushwick Inlet Park to be finished. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) These billionaires prefer philanthropy as a way to preserve their legacy, not parcels of land in places their descendants may never visit. New York Times(Dec 23, 2016) n an extended area of land Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper parcel, piece of ground, piece of land, tract Hanging Gardens of Babylon a terraced garden at Babylon watered by pumps from the Euphrates; construction attributed to Nebuchadnezzar around 600 BC Tuileries Gardensformal gardens next to the Louvre in Paris Armageddon(New Testament) the scene of the final battle between the kings of the Earth at the end of the world Camlan(Arthurian legend) the battlefield where King Arthur was mortally wounded ground zerothe site of the World Trade Center before it was destroyed Trafalgar Squarea square in central London where there is a memorial to Admiral Nelson Acadia National Parka national park in Maine showing marine erosion and glaciation; includes seashore and also the highest point on the Atlantic coast Arches National Parka national park in Utah including mountains and the Colorado River gorge and huge rock formations caused by erosion Badlands National Parka national park in South Dakota having multicolored peaks and spires resulting from erosion; fossil sites Big Bend National Parka large national park in Texas featuring mountains and desert and canyons and wildlife Biscayne National Parka national park in Florida having underwater coral reefs and marine life Bryce Canyon National Parka national park in Utah having multicolored rock erosions Canyonlands National Parka national park in Utah having rock formations and ancient cliff dwellings; canyons of the Green River and the Colorado River Capitol Reef National Parka national park in Utah having colorful rock formations and desert plants and wildlife Carlsbad Caverns National Parka national park in New Mexico featuring what is probably the world's largest cavern with spectacular underground formations Channel Islands National Parka national park in California featuring sea birds and marine life Crater Lake National Parka national park in Oregon having the deepest lake in the United States in the crater of an extinct volcano Denali National Parka large national park in Alaska having peaks of the Alaska Range (including Mount McKinley) and the huge Denali fault Everglades National Parka national park in Florida containing an immense subtropical wilderness with mangrove swamps and rare birds and wild animals Gates of the Arctic National Parka large national park in Alaska featuring the Great Mendenhall Glacier Grand Canyon National Parka national park in Arizona including the mile deep canyon of the Colorado River which shows geologic features and fossil plants and animals Grand Teton National Parka national park in Wyoming featuring mountains Great Smoky Mountains National Parka national park in Tennessee and North Carolina that includes the highest mountain in the eastern United States Guadalupe Mountains National Parka national park in Texas that has the highest point in Texas; includes desert wilderness and the ancient Apache hunting grounds Haleakala National Parka national park in Hawaii including a dormant volcano Hawaii Volcanoes National Parka national park in Hawaii featuring active volcanoes Hot Springs National Parka national park in Arkansas featuring ancient hot springs; bathing is said to have therapeutic effects Isle Royal National Parka national park on an island in Michigan; includes prehistoric iron mines Katmai National Parka national park in Alaska featuring mountains Kenai Fjords National Parka national park in Alaska having mountains and whale watching and ancient Indian copper mines Kings Canyon National Parka national park in California that has giant sequoia trees and alpine lakes and glaciers Kobuk Valley National Parka national park in Alaska having mountains and forests and tundra and sand dunes and archeological sites Lake Clark National Parka national park in Alaska having Eskimo and Athapaskan archeological sites Lassen Volcanic National Parka national park in California having mountains and volcanic lakes and hot springs Mammoth Cave National Parka national park in Kentucky having a large cavern and an underground river Mesa Verde National Parka national park in Colorado containing prehistoric cliff dwellings; semiarid landscape Mount Ranier National Parka national park in Washington having mountain terrain featuring glaciers and alpine lakes and streams and swamps North Cascades National Parka national park in Washington that is an alpine wilderness area featuring gold rush and logging campsites Olympic National Parka national park in Washington having rain forests of giant evergreens Petrified Forest National Parka national park in Arizona having the world's largest collection of petrified coniferous trees Platt National Parka national park in Oklahoma having mineral springs Redwood National Parka national park in California featuring a redwood forest and Pacific Ocean coastline Rocky Mountain National Parka national park in Colorado having mountains and lakes and streams and forests Sequoia National Parka national park in California that includes Mount Whitney Shenandoah National Parka national park in Virginia for the Blue Ridge Mountains Theodore Roosevelt Memorial National Parka national park in North Dakota that includes the site of former President Theodore Roosevelt's ranch Virgin Islands National Parka national park in the Virgin Islands having tropical plants and animals; sandy beaches and coral reefs Voyageurs National Parka national park in Minnesota having ancient rock outcroppings and evergreen forests Wind Cave National Parka national park in South Dakota featuring bison herds and limestone caverns Wrangell-St. Elias National Parkthe largest national park of the United States; located in Alaska Yellowstone National Parkthe first national park in the United States; located in the border area between Wyoming and Montana and Idaho; spectacular wilderness; famous for Old Faithful geyser and for buffalo and bears Yosemite National Parka national park in California famous for its waterfalls and rock formations Zion National Parka national park in Utah having huge canyons and gorges carved by mountain rivers Stonehengean ancient megalithic monument in southern England; probably used for ritual purposes Lateranthe site in Rome containing the church of Rome and the Lateran Palace Byblosan ancient Mediterranean seaport that was a thriving city state in Phoenicia during the second millennium BC; was the chief port for the export of papyrus; located in Lebanon to the north of Beirut; now partially excavated Serengeti National Parka national park in Tanzania created in 1951 to protect the wildlife Disneylandan amusement park in Anaheim created in 1955 by Walt Disney Walt Disney Worlda large amusement park established in 1971 to the southwest of Orlando Central Parka large park in Manhattan Great Arabian Deserta desert on the Arabian Peninsula in southwestern Asia Arabian Deserta desert in Egypt between the Nile River and the Red Sea Atacama Deserta desert in northern Chile rich in nitrate and copper deposits Great Australian Desertgeneral name given to all desert areas in Australia Black Rock Deserta desert in northwestern Nevada Chihuahuan Deserta desert in western Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and northern Mexico Colorado Desertan arid region of southeastern California Great Salt Deserta salt desert in north central Iran Dasht-e-Luta desert in eastern Iran Death Valleya desert area that is part of the Mojave Desert in eastern California and southwestern Nevada; contains the lowest point in North America Gibson Deserta desert area in western Australia Gila Deserta desert area in southern Arizona Gobi Deserta desert in central China Great Sandy Deserta desert region in northwestern Australia to the north of the Gibson Desert Great Victoria Deserta desert region in south central Australia to the north of the Nullarbor Plain Kalahari Deserta desert in southwestern Africa - largely Botswana Turkestan Deserta desert in Turkmenistan to the south of the Aral Sea Kizil Kuma desert in Uzbekistan to the southeast of the Aral Sea Libyan Desertthe northeastern part of the Sahara Desert in Libya and Egypt and Sudan Mohave Deserta desert area in southern California and western Arizona Namib Deserta desert in Namibia extending along the coast between the high plateau and the Atlantic Ocean An Nafuda desert in northern Saudi Arabia that is noted for its red sand and violent winds Negev Deserta desert in southern Israel Nubian Desertan arid sandstone plateau in northeastern Sudan between the Nile and the Red Sea Painted Deserta desert on a high plateau in northeastern Arizona Patagonian Deserta semiarid region in southern South America Great Sandy Deserta desert in southern Saudi Arabia Sahara Desertthe world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in northern Africa Simpson Deserta desert region of central Australia Sinai Deserta desert on the Sinai Peninsula in northeastern Egypt Sonoran Deserta desert in southwestern Arizona Syrian Deserta desert of northern Arabia occupying western Iraq, southern Syria, eastern Jordan, and northern Saudi Arabia Taklamakan Deserta desert in western China Great Indian Deserta desert to the east of the Indus River in northwestern India and southeastern Pakistan Great Plains of North Americaa vast prairie region extending from Alberta and Saskatchewan and Manitoba in Canada south through the west central United States into Texas; formerly inhabited by Native Americans baseball diamond, diamond, infield the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate center, center field, centerfieldthe piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher left, left field, leftfieldthe piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left outfieldthe area of a baseball playing field beyond the lines connecting the bases right, right field, rightfieldthe piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right shortthe location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed railway yard, railyard, yardan area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines desertarid land with little or no vegetation oasisa fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface) battlefield, battleground, field, field of battle, field of honora region where a battle is being (or has been) fought minefielda region in which explosives mines have been placed breeding grounda place where animals breed clearing, gladea tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area fielda piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed field of firethe area that a weapon or group of weapons can cover effectively with gun fire from a given position groundsa tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.) athletic field, field, playing area, playing fielda piece of land prepared for playing a game industrial parka tract of land at a distance from city center that is designed for a cluster of businesses and factories grasslandland where grass or grasslike vegetation grows and is the dominant form of plant life mud flata tract of low muddy land near an estuary; covered at high tide and exposed at low tide parade groundan area for holding parades fairgroundan open area for holding fairs or exhibitions or circuses midwaythe place at a fair or carnival where sideshows and similar amusements are located fairwaya tract of ground free of obstacles to movement park, parklanda large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property common, commons, green, parka piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area picnic area, picnic grounda tract of land set aside for picnicking public square, squarean open area at the meeting of two or more streets toll plazaan area where tollbooths are located rangea large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze sectora portion of a military position land site, sitethe piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located) subdivisionan area composed of subdivided lots mine fielda tract of land containing explosive mines terraina piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential patch, plot, plot of ground, plot of landa small area of ground covered by specific vegetation lota parcel of land having fixed boundaries yarda tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings) yarda tract of land where logs are accumulated arena, scene of actiona playing field where sports events take place ball field, baseball field, diamondthe baseball playing field beda plot of ground in which plants are growing camp, summer campa site where care and activities are provided for children during the summer months courta specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played football field, gridironthe playing field on which football is played gardena plot of ground where plants are cultivated marshalling yarda railway yard in which trains are assembled and goods are loaded palaestra, palestraa public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes curtilage, grounds, yardthe enclosed land around a house or other building amusement park, funfair, pleasure grounda commercially operated park with stalls and shows for amusement apron(golf) the part of the fairway leading onto the green bomb sitean area in a town that has been devastated by bombs bowling greena field of closely mowed turf for playing bowls bivouac, campground, camping area, camping ground, camping site, campsite, encampmenta site where people on holiday can pitch a tent campusa field on which the buildings of a university are situated burial ground, burial site, burying ground, cemetery, graveyard, memorial park, necropolisa tract of land used for burials archeological site, dig, excavationthe site of an archeological exploration dump, dumpsite, garbage dump, rubbish dump, trash dump, waste-yard, wasteyarda piece of land where waste materials are dumped fairwaythe area between the tee and putting green where the grass is cut short bentan area of grassland unbounded by fences or hedges hayfield, meadowa field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay firebreak, fireguarda narrow field that has been cleared to check the spread of a prairie fire or forest fire grain field, grainfielda field where grain is grown green, putting green, putting surfacean area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course home range, home territorythe area in which an animal normally ranges junkyarda field where junk is collected and stored for resale launching sitea place for launching pads lawna field of cultivated and mowed grass monumentan important site that is marked and preserved as public property national parka tract of land declared by the national government to be public property paddy, paddy field, rice paddyan irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown car park, park, parking area, parking lota lot where cars are parked grazing land, lea, ley, pasture, pasturelanda field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock pestholea breeding ground for epidemic disease prairiea treeless grassy plain piazza, place, plazaa public square with room for pedestrians premisesland and the buildings on it roughthe part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short rookerya breeding ground for gregarious birds (such as rooks) safari parkan area of parkland where wild animals are kept and can be viewed by visitors driving through savanna, savannaha flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions schoolyardthe yard associated with a school God's acre, churchyardthe yard associated with a church tee, teeing groundthe starting place for each hole on a golf course Superfund site, toxic site, toxic waste areaa site where toxic wastes have been dumped and the Environmental Protection Agency has designated them to be cleaned up building site, vacant lota lot on which there are no permanent buildings veld, veldtelevated open grassland in southern Africa village greena village park consisting of a plot of grassy land tiltyard(formerly) an enclosed field for tilting contests geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region a demarcated area of the Earth |
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