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单词 landslide
释义 landslide
 /land"sluyd'/,  n.  ,  v.  , landslid, landslid or landslidden, landsliding.
  n.  
  1. the downward falling or sliding of a mass of soil, detritus, or rock on or from a steep slope.
  2. the mass itself.
  3. an election in which a particular victorious candidate or party receives an overwhelming mass or majority of votes: the 1936 landslide for Roosevelt.
  4. any overwhelming victory: She won the contest by a landslide.
  v.i.  
  5. to come down in or as in a landslide.
  6. to win an election by an overwhelming majority. Also called, esp. Brit., landslip /land"slip'/ (for defs. 1, 2).
 [1830-40, Amer.; LAND + SLIDE]
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