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

• Just 0.4% of Hong Kong's landmass has so far been developed for commercial use.
  到目前为止香港陆地面积中仅有0.4%被开发用于商业用途。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• These findings imply that the zircons were once plentiful and came from a widespread source region, possibly a continental landmass.
  这些发现暗示，锆石的数量曾经很丰富，而且源自一片分布很广的地区，例如一个大陆陆块。
• 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。
• 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。
• The largest landmass is usually divided into two "continents" along the Ural Mountains.
  习惯上说，地球上最大的一块陆地是沿着乌拉尔山脉分为两大洲的。
• The example Beverley Darkin gives of water is an area where local solutions in China and Europe can be shared and give a sense of complementary action at each end of the huge Eurasian landmass.
  贝弗利达金所举的水的例子表明中国和欧洲可以分享一些地方上的解决方案，在辽阔的欧亚大陆上进行互补性的合作。
• 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。