land

1. N-UNCOUNT Land is an area of ground, especially one that is used for a particular purpose such as farming or building. 土地

Good agricultural land is in short supply. 肥沃的農(nóng)業(yè)用地短缺。

...160 acres of land. …160英畝土地。

2. N-COUNT You can refer to an area of land which someone owns as their land or their lands. 地產(chǎn)

Their home is on his father's land. 他們的家坐落在他父親的土地上。

3. N-SING If you talk about the land, you mean farming and the way of life in farming areas, in contrast to life in the cities. 農(nóng)村生活

Living off the land was hard enough at the best of times. 即使是在最好的時期靠種地生活也是很艱難的。

4. N-UNCOUNT Land is the part of the world that consists of ground, rather than sea or air. 陸地[also 'the' N]

It isn't clear whether the plane went down over land or sea. 不清楚飛機是落在陸地上還是海里。

5. N-COUNT You can use land to refer to a country in a poetic or emotional way. 國家[文學(xué)性]

...America, land of opportunity. …美國，充滿機會的國度。

6. V-I When someone or something lands, they come down to the ground after moving through the air or falling. 降落

He was sent flying into the air and landed 20 feet away. 他被拋入空中，在20英尺以外落地。

7. V-T/V-I When someone lands a plane, ship, or spacecraft, or when it lands, it arrives somewhere after a journey. 抵達

The jet landed after a flight of just under three hours. 這架噴氣式飛機在僅僅不到三個小時的飛行后就抵達了。

He landed his troops on the western shore. 他的部隊抵達了西海岸。

8. V-T/V-I If you land in an unpleasant situation or place or if something lands you in it, something causes you to be in it. 陷入 (不愉快境地)[非正式]

He landed in a psychiatric ward. 他住進了精神病病房。

9. V-I If something lands somewhere, it arrives there unexpectedly, often causing problems. 意外出現(xiàn)[非正式]

Two days later the book had already landed on his desk. 兩天后，這本書意外地出現(xiàn)在了他的桌子上。

10. to land on your feet→see foot