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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++land1 /lænd/ ●●● S1 W1 noun 1 ground 土地 [uncountable]LAND/GROUND an area of ground, especially when used for farming or building 土地〔尤指耕作或建筑用地〕 They own a lot of land. 他们拥有许多土地。 He bought a piece of land. 他买了一块地。► see thesaurus at country → dockland, farmland2 not sea 非海洋 [uncountable]LAND/GROUND the solid dry part of the Earth’s surface 陆地 After 21 days at sea, we sighted land. 经过21天的海上航行，我们见到了陆地。by land Troops began an assault on the city by land and sea. 军队开始由海陆两路攻击这座城市。on land The crocodile lays its eggs on land. 鳄鱼在陆地上产卵。land bird/animal The white stork is one of the biggest land birds of the region. 白鹳是该地区最大的陆栖鸟类之一。 → dry land3 country 国土 [countable] literaryCOUNTRY/NATION a country or area 国家；地区 Their journey took them to many foreign lands. 他们在旅程中走过了许多异国的土地。native land (=the land where you were born) 祖国 He’s fiercely proud of his native land. 他深深为祖国自豪。 Australia represented a real land of opportunity for thousands of people. 对很多人来说，澳大利亚是一个充满机遇的国度。► see thesaurus at ground4 NOT CITY 非城市the land COUNTRYSIDEthe countryside thought of as a place where people grow food 乡村，农村；田地live off the land (=grow or catch all the food you need) 靠土地生活 A third of the region’s population still lives off the land. 该地区三分之一的人口依旧靠土地生活。work/farm the land (=grow crops) 种地 Many people were forced to give up working the land. 许多人被迫放弃耕种。5 property 财产 [uncountable]LAND/GROUND the area of land that someone owns 〔某人拥有的〕地皮，地产 He ordered us to get off his land. 他命令我们离开他的土地。private/public/common land 私有/公用/共用土地6. see/find out how the land lies spokenSITUATION to try to discover what the situation really is before you make a decision 〔作出决定前〕了解情况，摸清形势7. in the land of the living spokenCONSCIOUS awake – used humorously 醒着〔幽默用法〕8. the land of milk and honey COMFORTABLEan imaginary place where life is easy and pleasant 〔虚构的〕乳蜜之乡，富饶的乐土9. (in) the land of nod old-fashionedSLEEP asleep 在睡梦之乡 → be/live in cloud-cuckoo-land at cloud1(7), → dry land, dreamland, fairyland, → the lie of the land at lie3(3), → never-never land, Promised Land, wasteland, wonderland COLLOCATIONSphrasesan acre/hectare of land 一英亩/公顷土地The family owned hundreds of acres of land. 这个家族拥有数百英亩土地。a piece of land (=an area of land) 一块土地He built a house on a piece of land near the river. 他在河边的一块地上盖了一座房子。a plot/parcel of land (=a piece of land) 一块土地nThey farmed a small plot of land.a strip of land (=a narrow piece of land) 一片狭长的土地nThey owned the strip of land between the forest and the sea.a tract of land (=a large area of land) 一大片土地nCattle ranching requires large tracts of land.adjectivesfertile/rich (=good for growing crops) 肥沃的，富饶的The land near the river is very fertile. 河边的土地非常肥沃。poor (=not good for growing crops) 贫瘠的It is poor land that should never have been farmed. 这片土地十分贫瘠，不应该用来耕作。vacant/derelict British English (=unused) 闲置的/荒弃的The houses could be built on derelict land. 可以在荒地建造房屋。open land (=land on which there are no buildings) 开阔地In the middle of the city are several hundred acres of open land. 城市中部有数百英亩开阔地。agricultural land 农业用地nThe factory is causing severe pollution to nearby agricultural land.arable land (=land that crops are grown on) 可耕地nSome pastures were converted into arable land.industrial land (=land where factories can be built and industry take place) 工业用地nThe canal basin area is designated as industrial land.housing/building land British English (=land where houses can be built) 房屋用地nThe shortage of housing land is a problem in the south-east.COMMON ERRORS ► Don’t say ‘a large land’ or ‘a small land’. Say a large piece of land or a small piece of land. 不要说 ‘a large land’ 或 ‘a small land’. 而要说 a large piece of land 或 a small piece of land. THESAURUSland an area that is owned by someone or that can be used for farming or building houses 〔归某人所有或用于耕作、建筑的〕土地This is private land. 这是私人土地。They moved to the country and bought some land. 他们搬到乡下，买了一些地。farmland land that is used for farming 农田，耕地The area is one of gently rolling hills and farmland. 这一带有平缓的山丘和农田。territory land that belongs to a country or that is controlled by a country during a war 领土，领地His plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Chinese territory. 他的飞机被迫在中国领土紧急降落。The army was advancing into enemy territory. 军队正深入敌方领地。the grounds the gardens and land around a big building such as a castle, school, or hospital 庭园，场地The grounds of the castle are open to visitors every weekend. 城堡庭园每逢周末对游客开放。 the school grounds 学校操场estate a large area of land in the country, usually with one large house on it and one owner 庄园The film is set on an English country estate. 影片的场景设在英国一座乡村庄园内。
Examples from the Corpus
land• Until recently, crown land was leased to farmers on condition that they cleared a certain amount each year.• Some repairs to the boat will have to wait until we're back on dry land.• His travels in foreign lands provided him with the inspiration for many of his poems and songs.• Their journey took them to many foreign lands.• high land prices• Get off my land!• Each family was given a small piece of land where they could grow food for themselves.• Though we looked around for other pieces of land, my enthusiasm for the project had disappeared.• Our story takes place in a far-off land, long, long ago.• Reptiles reproduce by laying eggs on land or giving birth to live young.• They had defeated the enemy on land and at sea.• It was our dream to have our own land to raise cattle on.• Captain Edwards brought the plane in for a perfect landing.• They moved to the country and bought some land.• There were extremists who said that Britain could be driven from the land.• A mall is being built on the land near the lake.• This world is just about empty and the unoccupied land is probably fertile.• Public- and private-sector users were both reluctant to put vacant land on the market.land bird/animal• How is a land animal to solve the problem of acquiring oxygen without losing water?• One of the largest land birds of the region, showing much white on black-tipped wings in flight.• Medium-large to very large, rather long-necked and long-legged land birds; bill stout, somewhat flattened.• There are no land animals, apart from some tiny insects.• Of the 57 species of reptiles, land birds and mammals, more than 80 % live nowhere else.• Put all the world's land animals on a pair of scales and 10% of the weight would be ants.• A small land bird had taken refuge on the cabin roof during the gale.• Occasional crossings between the two chief areas were possible during periods when the Bering Strait became passable to land animals.land of opportunity• This is the golden land of opportunity.• Whatever the West of I878 was for young mining engineers, it was the land of opportunity for unmarried women.private/public/common land• These have been mainly Government-owned and public lands, leaving the large private landowners untouched.• But only Parliament ban it from private land.• The proposed forest-saving initiative is likely to include the following provisions: Ban clear-cutting on private land.• Elsewhere, open campfires are prohibited on private lands, according to a proclamation issued earlier this month by Gov.• Even Aristotle complained that communal property always looked worse than private lands.• I do agree with Mr. Findlay that the public should be prepared to pay for access to private land.• Norton is very much of the extraction-over-conservation school when it comes to public lands.• Beyond them in the grey distance was bleak moorland - the watershed - private land.land2 ●●● S2 W3 verb 1 plane/bird/insect 飞机/鸟/昆虫 a) [intransitive] if a plane, bird, or insect lands, it moves safely down onto the ground 着陆，降落；飞落 OPP take off Flight 846 landed five minutes ago. 846次航班五分钟之前降落了。 The bird landed gracefully on the water. 鸟儿优美地飞落到水面上。 b) [transitive] to make a plane move safely down onto the ground at the end of a journey 使〔飞机〕降落 The pilot managed to land the aircraft safely. 飞行员设法令飞机安全降落。2 arrive by boat/plane 乘船/乘飞机抵达 [intransitive]TTATTW to arrive somewhere in a plane, boat etc 〔乘飞机、船等〕着陆；登陆；到达land on/in/at etc We expect to be landing in Oslo in about fifty minutes. 我们预计约50分钟后在奥斯陆降落。 In 1969, the first men landed on the Moon. 1969年，人类首次登上月球。► see thesaurus at arrive3 fall/come down 掉下/落下 [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]FALL to come down through the air onto something 掉落；跌落 SYN drop4 goods/people 货物/乘客 [transitive]PUT if a boat or aircraft lands people or goods, it brings them to a place, and the people get out or the goods are carried out 〔从船或飞机上〕卸下〔货物〕；使〔乘客〕下船[飞机]5 job/contract etc 工作/合同等 [transitive] informalGET to succeed in getting a job, contract etc that was difficult to get 谋得〔难得的工作、合约等〕6 land somebody in trouble/hospital/court etc CAUSEto cause someone to have serious problems or be in a difficult situation 使某人陷入困境/得病住院/卷入官司等7 land somebody in it British English spoken informalPROBLEM to get someone into trouble by telling other people that they did something wrong 〔告诉他人某人做错某事而〕使某人陷入麻烦 SYN drop somebody in it8 problems 问题 [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]PROBLEM to arrive unexpectedly, and cause problems 〔出乎意料地〕到达，来临〔从而引发问题〕9. land a punch/blow etc HITto succeed in hitting someone 一拳击中10 land on your feet to get into a good situation again, after having problems 逢凶化吉，摆脱困苦11. catch fish 捕鱼 [transitive]DSO to catch a fish 捕到〔鱼〕12 land up phrasal verb British English informal EVENTUALLYto be in a particular place, situation, or position after a lot of things have happened to you 〔历经许多事后〕最终落到〔某一处境〕 SYN end up13 land somebody with something phrasal verb informal GIVEto give someone something unpleasant to do, because no one else wants to do it 把〔别人都不愿意做的事〕推给〔某人〕去做n GrammarLand belongs to a group of verbs where the same noun can be the subject of the verb or its object. • You can say: He landed the plane in a field. In this sentence, ‘the plane’ is the object of land.• You can say: The plane landed in a field. In this sentence, ‘the plane’ is the subject of land.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
land• He didn't hear it land.• Most at least peek to see where the ball lands.• A French company has landed a contract to supply computers to China.• Luckily, I managed to land a great job with a law firm.• You mean Rich landed an 18-pound fish by himself?• Despite severe weather conditions, the Boeing 727 landed as scheduled.• When the plane landed at JFK, it was three hours late.• We will be landing at Singapore airport at 3 am local time.• He loves watching planes take off and land at the airport.• It was not a bad wound, but entirely enough to make me land badly and wrench my ankle.• Flight 846 from Cleveland landed five minutes ago.• He's managed to land himself an amazing job in advertising.• We then set out for Muscat, but with nightfall approaching, we landed in Abu Dhabi.• Before landing in Algiers, we circled the airport several times.• She thought of landing in New York.• There's a plane coming in to land now.• A flock of Canada geese landed on the river in front of us.• Fishermen were landing their catch at the harbor.land on/in/at etc• Fairfield, which bought the land in 1994, remains strategically tight-lipped on its plans for the rest of the ranch.• However, landing at a natural rock jetty is possible in good conditions.• The car shot over the edge and landed in a sand dune.• Antony Carswalle, vicar of Whitchurch, who died in 1521, owned land in Garsington, Oxon.• Although much of the area around a pool at this time may be exposed rock, the gobies never land on it.• So I landed in one of the least used departments on campus.• The Edwardian stairs were next to land on the bonfire.landed heavily• Tony jumped from high up, landed heavily and pulled a face.• Being a large woman, she'd landed heavily, badly hurting her left hip, her right knee and ankle.• He landed heavily on gravel by the track.• Pain flared in his thigh wound as he landed heavily on his injured leg.• He crashed into a table, somersaulted over it and landed heavily on the carpet.• He crashed into a table and landed heavily on the floor and had to be helped to his feet by friends.• The stone swung up and landed heavily on the floor.• He screamed as he landed heavily on the vibrating flagstones.land yourself something• Bill's just landed himself a part in a Broadway show.land in/on/under etc• It was this, unfinished, runway that I landed on.• Bucky, works for the real-estate agency that sold me my land on Adams Hill in 1977.• If this had been implemented, taxation of church land in Kent, which was extensive, would have ceased.• It is dark when Queequeg and Ishmael land in Nantucket.• The marines would land on the beach north of the valley.• Then she landed on the Market Square flagstones with a sickening crash to lie motionless.• That car was thrown into the air and landed on the next car in line, killing Waltrick.• He already owns farming land in Wiltshire.From Longman Business Dictionarylandland1 /lænd/ noun [uncountable]1PROPERTYFARMINGground, especially ground used for building or farming onLand has always been a good investment.2FARMING the land ground in the country used for growing food, animals etcMany farmers have given up working the land because of low rates of return.3 (also lands) an area of land that a person or organization ownsHe exploited the mineral resources which he found under his lands. → federal land → private land → public landlandland2 verb1[intransitive, transitive] if a plane lands, or if a pilot lands it, it moves down on to the ground in a controlled way2[transitive]TRANSPORT to put someone or something on land from an aircraft or boatHe landed his load of illegal immigrants on the Kent coast at midnight.3[transitive] informal if you land a job or a contract, you manage to get itIt has just landed a big contract to install a defense communications system.→ See Verb tableOrigin land1 Old Englishland1 noun →COLLOCATIONS1 →THESAURUS1land2 verb →n GRAMMAR1 →n GRAMMAR2LDOCE OnlineChinese
area of for Business ground, farming when especially used an Corpus
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land1 S1 W1 /lænd/ 
noun
They own a lot of land.
He bought a piece of land. ⇨ dockland, farmland
2. NOT SEA [uncountable] the solid dry part of the Earth’s surface:
After 21 days at sea, we sighted land.
by land
Troops began an assault on the city by land and sea.
on land
The crocodile lays its eggs on land.
land bird/animal
The white stork is one of the biggest land birds of the region. ⇨ dry land
3. COUNTRY [countable] literary a country or area:
Their journey took them to many foreign lands.
native land (=the land where you were born)
He’s fiercely proud of his native land.
Australia represented a real land of opportunity for thousands of people.
4. NOT CITY the land the countryside thought of as a place where people grow food
live off the land (=grow or catch all the food you need)
A third of the region’s population still lives off the land.
work/farm the land (=grow crops)
Many people were forced to give up working the land.
5. PROPERTY [uncountable] the area of land that someone owns:
He ordered us to get off his land.
private/public/common land
6. see/find out how the land lies spoken to try to discover what the situation really is before you make a decision
7. in the land of the living spoken awake – used humorously
8. the land of milk and honey an imaginary place where life is easy and pleasant
9. (in) the land of nod old-fashioned asleep
⇨ be/live in cloud-cuckoo-land at cloud1(7), ⇨ dry land, dreamland, fairyland, ⇨ the lie of the land at lie3(3), ⇨ never-never land, Promised Land, wasteland, wonderland
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▪an acre/hectare of land The family owned hundreds of acres of land.
▪a piece of land (=an area of land) He built a house on a piece of land near the river.
▪a plot/parcel of land (=a piece of land) They farmed a small plot of land.
▪a strip of land (=a narrow piece of land) They owned the strip of land between the forest and the sea.
▪a tract of land (=a large area of land) Cattle ranching requires large tracts of land.
■ adjectives
▪fertile/rich (=good for growing crops) The land near the river is very fertile.
▪poor (=not good for growing crops) It is poor land that should never have been farmed.
▪vacant/derelict British English (=unused) The houses could be built on derelict land.
▪open land (=land on which there are no buildings) In the middle of the city are several hundred acres of open land.
▪agricultural land The factory is causing severe pollution to nearby agricultural land.
▪arable land (=land that crops are grown on) Some pastures were converted into arable land.
▪industrial land (=land where factories can be built and industry take place) The canal basin area is designated as industrial land.
▪housing/building land British English (=land where houses can be built) The shortage of housing land is a problem in the south-east.
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► Do not say 'a large land' or 'a small land'. Say a large piece of land or a small piece of land.
▪ land an area that is owned by someone or that can be used for farming or building houses: This is private land. | They moved to the country and bought some land.
▪farmland land that is used for farming: The area is one of gently rolling hills and farmland.
▪territory land that belongs to a country or that is controlled by a country during a war: His plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Chinese territory. | The army was advancing into enemy territory.
▪the grounds the gardens and land around a big building such as a castle, school, or hospital: The grounds of the castle are open to visitors every weekend. | the school grounds
▪estate a large area of land in the country, usually with one large house on it and one owner: The film is set on an English country estate.
land2 S2 W3 verb
1. PLANE/BIRD/INSECT
a. [intransitive] if a plane, bird, or insect lands, it moves safely down onto the ground
OPP take off:
Flight 846 landed five minutes ago.
The bird landed gracefully on the water.
b. [transitive] to make a plane move safely down onto the ground at the end of a journey:
The pilot managed to land the aircraft safely.
2. ARRIVE BY BOAT/PLANE [intransitive] to arrive somewhere in a plane, boat etc
land on/in/at etc
We expect to be landing in Oslo in about fifty minutes.
In 1969, the first men landed on the Moon.
3. FALL/COME DOWN [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to come down through the air onto something
SYN drop
land in/on/under etc
A large branch landed on the hood of my car.
Louis fell out of the tree and landed in a holly bush.
She fell and landed heavily on the floor.
A couple of bombs landed quite near to the village.
4. GOODS/PEOPLE [transitive] if a boat or aircraft lands people or goods, it brings them to a place, and the people get out or the goods are carried out:
The troops were landed by helicopter.
5. JOB/CONTRACT ETC [transitive] informal to succeed in getting a job, contract etc that was difficult to get:
He landed a job with a law firm.
land yourself something
Bill’s just landed himself a part in a Broadway show.
6. land somebody in trouble/hospital/court etc to cause someone to have serious problems or be in a difficult situation:
Connie’s going to land herself in big trouble if she keeps arriving late for work.
She developed pneumonia which landed her in hospital.
7. land somebody in it British English spoken informal to get someone into trouble by telling other people that they did something wrong
SYN drop somebody in it:
Geoff landed me in it by saying I should have checked that the door was locked.
8. PROBLEMS [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to arrive unexpectedly, and cause problems
land in/on/under etc
Just when I thought my problems were over, this letter landed on my desk.
9. land a punch/blow etc to succeed in hitting someone
10. land on your feet to get into a good situation again, after having problems:
She certainly landed on her feet when she got that job.
11. CATCH FISH [transitive] to catch a fish
land up phrasal verb British English informal
to be in a particular place, situation, or position after a lot of things have happened to you
SYN end up
land up in
We landed up in a bar at 3 am.
Be careful that you don’t land up in serious debt.
land up with
I landed up with five broken ribs.
land somebody with something phrasal verb [usually passive] informal
to give someone something unpleasant to do, because no one else wants to do it:
Maria’s been landed with all the tidying up as usual.
▪ arrive to get to the place you are going to: I arrived at the party at around 7 o'clock. | They were due to arrive home from Spain yesterday.
▪get to arrive somewhere. Get is much more common in everyday English than arrive: What time do you usually get to work? | I’ll call you when I get home.
▪reach to arrive somewhere, especially after a long journey: When we finally reached the port, we were all very tired.
▪come if someone comes, they arrive at the place where you are: She came home yesterday. | What time did the plumber say he’d come?
▪turn up (also show up ) informal to arrive somewhere, especially when someone is waiting for you: I’d arranged to meet Tom, but he never turned up.
▪roll in informal to arrive somewhere later than you should and not seem worried about it: Rebecca usually rolls in around noon.
▪get in to arrive somewhere – used especially about people arriving home, or a plane, train etc arriving at an airport, station etc: I usually get in at around 6 o'clock. | What time did your plane get in?
▪come in if a plane, train, or ship comes in, it arrives in the place where you are: We liked to watch the cruise ships come in.
▪land if a plane or the passengers on it land, they arrive on the ground: We finally landed at 2 a.m. | They watched the planes taking off and landing.
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noun Language: Old English
1. GROUND [uncountable] an area of ground, especially when used for farming or building: 2. NOT SEA [uncountable] the solid dry part of the Earth’s surface:
by land
on land
land bird/animal
3. COUNTRY [countable] literary a country or area:
native land (=the land where you were born)
4. NOT CITY the land the countryside thought of as a place where people grow food
live off the land (=grow or catch all the food you need)
work/farm the land (=grow crops)
5. PROPERTY [uncountable] the area of land that someone owns:
private/public/common land
6. see/find out how the land lies spoken to try to discover what the situation really is before you make a decision
7. in the land of the living spoken awake – used humorously
8. the land of milk and honey an imaginary place where life is easy and pleasant
9. (in) the land of nod old-fashioned asleep
⇨ be/live in cloud-cuckoo-land at cloud1(7), ⇨ dry land, dreamland, fairyland, ⇨ the lie of the land at lie3(3), ⇨ never-never land, Promised Land, wasteland, wonderland
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verb1. PLANE/BIRD/INSECT
a. [intransitive] if a plane, bird, or insect lands, it moves safely down onto the ground
OPP take off:
b. [transitive] to make a plane move safely down onto the ground at the end of a journey:
2. ARRIVE BY BOAT/PLANE [intransitive] to arrive somewhere in a plane, boat etc
land on/in/at etc
3. FALL/COME DOWN [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to come down through the air onto something
SYN drop
land in/on/under etc
4. GOODS/PEOPLE [transitive] if a boat or aircraft lands people or goods, it brings them to a place, and the people get out or the goods are carried out:
5. JOB/CONTRACT ETC [transitive] informal to succeed in getting a job, contract etc that was difficult to get:
land yourself something
6. land somebody in trouble/hospital/court etc to cause someone to have serious problems or be in a difficult situation:
7. land somebody in it British English spoken informal to get someone into trouble by telling other people that they did something wrong
SYN drop somebody in it:
8. PROBLEMS [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to arrive unexpectedly, and cause problems
land in/on/under etc
9. land a punch/blow etc to succeed in hitting someone
10. land on your feet to get into a good situation again, after having problems:
11. CATCH FISH [transitive] to catch a fish
land up phrasal verb British English informal
to be in a particular place, situation, or position after a lot of things have happened to you
SYN end up
land up in
land up with
land somebody with something phrasal verb [usually passive] informal
to give someone something unpleasant to do, because no one else wants to do it:
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Land, Ed‧win Her‧bert /ˈedwən ˈhɜːbət, ˈedwɪn ˈhɜːbət $ -ˈhɜːrbərt/
(1909–91) a US scientist who invented Polaroid (=a special substance that is put on glass to make the sun seem less bright), which is used on sunglasses and car windows. He also invented the Polaroid camera, which uses a special film to produce photographs as soon as they have been taken.
Land, Ed‧win Her‧bert /ˈedwən ˈhɜːbət, ˈedwɪn ˈhɜːbət $ -ˈhɜːrbərt/
(1909–91) a US scientist who invented Polaroid (=a special substance that is put on glass to make the sun seem less bright), which is used on sunglasses and car windows. He also invented the Polaroid camera, which uses a special film to produce photographs as soon as they have been taken.
floor the surface of a room that you walk on 指室内地板、地面 ：◆ She was sitting on the floor watching TV. 她坐在地板上看电视。 ground (often the ground ) the solid surface of the earth that you walk on（常作 the ground）指室外地、地面 ：◆ I found her lying on the ground. 我发现她躺在地上。 ◆ The rocket crashed a few seconds after it left the ground .火箭离开地面几秒钟便坠毁了。 land the surface of the earth that is not sea 指陆地、大地 ：◆ It was good to be back on dry land again.回到陆地上真好。 ◆ They fought both at sea and on land .他们在海上和陆上都打过仗。 earth (often the earth ) the solid surface of the world that is made of rock, soil, sand, etc.（常作 the earth）指大地、陆地、地面 ：◆ You could feel the earth shake as the truck came closer. 卡车开近时可感觉到地面在震动。
ground, land or earth? 用 ground、land 还是 earth？
Ground is the normal word for the solid surface that you walk on when you are not in a building or vehicle. You can useearth if you want to draw attention to the rock, soil etc. that the ground is made of.Land is only used when you want to contrast it with the sea.* ground 常指建筑物或车辆外的地面。如果关注的是构成大地的岩石、土壤等可用 earth。land 只在与海相对照时使用 ：◆ the land beneath our feet ◆ feel the land shake ◆ sight ground/earth ◆ travel by ground/earth
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on/under the floor/ground/earthbare floor/ground/earthto drop/fall to the floor/the ground/(the) earthto reach the floor/the ground/land
land an area of ground, especially one that is used for a particular purpose 尤指作特定用途的土地、地带 ：◆ agricultural land 农业用地 lot ( a piece of land that is used or intended for a particular purposeNAmE 指作某种用途的一块地、场地 ：◆ building lots 建筑用地 ◆ a parking lot 停车场 ground an area of land that is used for a particular purpose 指作特定用途的场地 ：◆ The kids were playing on waste ground near the school. 孩子们在学校附近的荒地玩耍。 ◆ the site of an ancient burial ground 古代墓地遗址
land, lot or ground? 用 land、lot 还是 ground？
space a large area of land that has no buildings on it 指无建筑物的大片空地、开阔地 ：◆ The city has plenty of open space. 这座城市有很多开阔的空地。 ◆ the wide open spaces of the Canadian prairies加拿大一片片广袤的草原 plot a small piece of land used or intended for a particular purpose 指专用的小块土地 ：◆ She bought a small plot of land to build a house.她买了一小块地盖房子。 ◆ a vegetable plot 一块菜圃
lot or plot? 用 lot 还是 plot？
Either a lot or aplot can be used for building on. Only aplot can also be used for growing vegetables or burying people.* lot 和 plot 均可作建筑用地。plot 亦可作菜地或墓地。
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an open spaceopen/empty/vacant/waste/derelict land/grounda(n) empty/vacant lot/plot
country (often the country ) an area that is away from towns and cities, especially one with particular natural features（常作 the country）尤指具有自然特征的乡下、乡村 ：◆ She lives in the country. 她住在乡下。 ◆ an area of wooded country 树木覆盖的乡村地区 landscape everything that you can see when you look across a large area of land, especially in the country 尤指乡村的风景或景色 ：◆ This pattern of woods and fields is typical of the English landscape. 这种林地与田野的格局是典型的英格兰乡村景色。 countryside land outside towns and cities, with fields, woods and farms 指乡村、农村 NOTE Countryside is usually used when you are talking about the beauty or peacefulness of a country area.* countryside 通常用于强调乡村地区的美丽或宁静 ：◆ a little village in the French countryside 法国乡间的小村庄 terrain ( land指地带、土地 NOTE Terrain is used when you are describing the natural features of an area, for example if it is rough, flat, etc.* terrain 用于描述某地区的地形或地势 ：◆ The truck bumped its way over the rough terrain. 卡车在崎岖不平的地面上颠簸行进。 land (usually the land ) the countryside; the way people live in the country as opposed to in towns and cities（通常作 the land）指与城镇相对的农村、农村生活方式 ：◆ Many younger people are leaving the land to find work in the cities. 许多较年轻的人陆续离开农村到城市去找工作。 scenery the natural features of an area, such as mountains, valleys, rivers and forests, especially when these are attractive to look at 指自然风景、景色、风光 ：◆ We stopped on the mountain pass to admire the scenery. 我们在山口停下来欣赏风景。
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mountainous/mountain/wild/rugged country/landscape/countryside/terrain/scenerybeautiful/glorious/dramatic country/landscape/countryside/sceneryopen country/landscape/countryside/terrain/landrolling country/landscape/countrysideto protect the landscape/countryside/land
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