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单词 -land
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
land /lænd/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. Geography[uncountable] any part of the earth's surface, as a continent or an island, not covered by a body of water.
  2. an area of ground with reference to its nature:[uncountable]land good for farming.
  3. an area of ground with specific boundaries:[uncountable]to buy land in Florida.
  4. rural or farming areas (contrasted with urban areas):[uncountable]They left the land for the city.
  5. Lawany part of the earth's surface that can be owned as property, and everything connected to it:[countable]You're on his lands.
  6. a region or country:[countable]Immigrants came from many lands.
  7. realm or domain;
    world:still in the land of the living.

v. 
  1. Nautical, Naval Termsto (cause to) come to land or shore: [no object]The boat lands at Cherbourg.[+ object]We managed to land the boat at the shoreline.
  2. to go or come ashore from a ship or boat:[no object]The Pilgrims landed in 1620.
  3. to (cause to) come down upon or strike a surface: [no object]The plane landed on time.[+ object]The pilot managed to land the crippled plane.
  4. to (cause to) arrive or come in a particular place, position, or condition: [+ object]His behavior will land him in jail.[no object]to land in trouble.
  5. Informal Termsto catch or capture;
    gain;
    win:[+ object]to land a high-paying job.
  6. Sport[+ object] to bring (a fish) onto land or into a boat, as with rod and reel.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
land  (land),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water;
    the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:Land was sighted from the crow's nest.
  2. an area of ground with reference to its nature or composition:arable land.
  3. an area of ground with specific boundaries:to buy land on which to build a house.
  4. rural or farming areas, as contrasted with urban areas:They left the land for the city.
  5. Law
    • any part of the earth's surface that can be owned as property, and everything annexed to it, whether by nature or by the human hand.
    • Lawany legal interest held in land.
  6. Business[Econ.]natural resources as a factor of production.
  7. a part of the surface of the earth marked off by natural or political boundaries or the like;
    a region or country:They came from many lands.
  8. the people of a region or country
  9. Sound Reproduction[Audio.]the flat surface between the grooves of a phonograph record.
  10. a realm or domain:the land of the living.
  11. a surface between furrows, as on a millstone or on the interior of a rifle barrel.
  12. Scottish Termsa tenement house.
  13. Idioms see how the land lies, to investigate in advance;
    inform oneself of the facts of a situation before acting:You should see how the land lies before making a formal proposal.Cf. lay of the land.

v.t. 
  1. Nautical, Naval Termsto bring to or set on land:to land passengers or goods from a ship; to land an airplane.
  2. to bring into or cause to arrive in a particular place, position, or condition:His behavior will land him in jail.
  3. Informal Termsto catch or capture;
    gain;
    win:to land a job.
  4. Sport[Angling.]to bring (a fish) to land, or into a boat, etc., as with a hook or a net.

v.i. 
  1. Nautical, Naval Termsto come to land or shore:The boat lands at Cherbourg.
  2. to go or come ashore from a ship or boat.
  3. to alight upon a surface, as the ground, a body of water, or the like:to land on both feet.
  4. to hit or strike the ground, as from a height:The ball landed at the far side of the court.
  5. to strike and come to rest on a surface or in something:The golf ball landed in the lake.
  6. to come to rest or arrive in a particular place, position, or condition (sometimes fol. by up):to land in trouble; to land up 40 miles from home.
  7. Informal Terms land on, to reprimand;
    criticize:His mother landed on him for coming home so late.
  8. Idioms land on one's feet. See foot (def. 27).
  • bef. 900; Middle English (noun, nominal and verb, verbal), Old English (noun, nominal); cognate with Dutch, German, Old Norse, Gothic land; akin to Irish lann, Welsh llan church (origin, originally enclosure), Breton lann heath. See lawn1
landlike′, adj. 

Land  (land),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Biographical Edwin Herbert, 1909–91, U.S. inventor and businessman: created the Polaroid camera.

-land, 
  1. a combining form of land: hinterland;
    lowland.

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