landmass

英

美 [ˈlændˌmæs]

n.  陆块; 地块

复数：landmasses　

TOEFL

BNC.37990 / COCA.25228

英英释义

noun

• a large continuous extent of land
  Synonym:land mass

双语例句

• You can see that Europe, Asia, and Africa are really one landmass.
  你可以看到，欧洲、亚洲及非洲实际上是一大块陆地。
• Melting ice and rising sea levels caused by climate change are likely to result in major changes to the worlds physical landmass during this century.
  冰川的消融、海平面的上升，这些因气候变化而产生的消极影响，有可能在本世纪引发地球陆地格局的重大变化。
• He proposed that the present continents once comprised one large landmass which he named Pangaea.
  他提出目前的大陆以前是连在一起的一个巨大陆块，他把这个陆块称为联合古陆。
• Texas constitutes one-twelfth of the continental landmass of the United States.
  德克萨斯州占美国大陆面积的十二分之一。
• This landmass lottery matters when negotiating iron ore contract prices.
  在铁矿石合同价格谈判中，这种板块方面的运气是有关系的。
• Small genus of terrestrial orchids of North America and temperate Eurasia. Many geographers now call this landmass Eurasia.
  产于北美及欧亚大陆温带的一个陆生兰花小属。许多地理学家现在把这块陆地叫作欧亚大陆。
• Millions of years ago all the southern continents formed a single landmass known as gondwanaland.
  数百万年前，南半球各洲组成了一个大陆，称为冈瓦纳大陆。
• The entire landmass of the country is 378,000 sq. kilometers, an area smaller than that of California.
  日本土地总面积为37.8万平方公里，比美国加利福尼亚州的面积还小。
• The Permian period saw the creation of the supercontinent Pangaea, where shallow seas in and around the huge landmass offered a home to an abundance of life.
  二叠纪期间，看到创造了超盘古大陆，其中浅海和周围的巨大的地块提供了回家了丰富的生活。
• The principal landmass of a continent. She washed the floor with a rag.
  大陆大洲的主要陆地板块她用一块旧布擦地板。