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

• 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。
• Oceania is a separate landmass, but it is separated from Asia by very shallow water.
  大洋洲是一块单独的陆地，但它与亚洲之间只隔着很浅的水域。
• The Indian subcontinent detaching itself from Antarctica and sweeping across the Indian Ocean to its violent collision with Asia's landmass across the Himalayas;
  印度次大陆从南极洲脱离，漂过印度洋越过喜马拉雅山与亚洲陆块猛烈碰撞；
• Antarctica is the earth's coldest landmass.
  南极洲是地球上最冷的大陆。
• 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。
• We often speak of seven continents, but you can see that Europe, Asia, and Africa are really one landmass.
  我们经常谈到七大洲，但你会看到，欧洲，亚洲和非洲实际上是一大块陆地。
• 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。
• 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。
• He also did not anticipate running into a landmass before he reached the East Indies.
  在自己真的到达印度之前，他也没有意识到自己到达了一个新大陆。
• The recent geologic data show that it is the Archeozoic high-grade metamorphic terrain formed by the supracrustal rock-TTG rock series, that is different with the southern Longgang landmass.
  新近调查资料表明，它是由表壳岩-TTG岩系组成的一太古宙高级变质地体，并有别于南侧之龙岗陆块。