land /lænd/ CET4 TEM4 ( landing, landed, lands )

• 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

  例：

  Good agricultural land is in short supply.

  肥沃的农业用地短缺。

  例：

  ...160 acres of land.

  …160英亩土地。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT You can refer to an area of land which someone owns as their land or their lands. 地产

  例：

  Their home is on his father's land.

  他们的家坐落在他父亲的土地上。

• 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. 农村生活

  例：

  Living off the land was hard enough at the best of times.

  即使是在最好的时期靠种地生活也是很艰难的。

• 4. 

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

  例：

  It isn't clear whether the plane went down over land or sea.

  不清楚飞机是落在陆地上还是海里。

• 5. 

  N-COUNT You can use land to refer to a country in a poetic or emotional way. 国家 [文学性]

  例：

  ...America, land of opportunity.

  …美国，充满机会的国度。

• 6. 

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

  例：

  He was sent flying into the air and landed 20 feet away.

  他被抛入空中，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. 抵达

  例：

  The jet landed after a flight of just under three hours.

  这架喷气式飞机在仅仅不到三个小时的飞行后就抵达了。

  例：

  He landed his troops on the western shore.

  他的部队抵达了西海岸。

• 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]

  例：

  He landed in a psychiatric ward.

  他住进了精神病病房。

• 9. 

  V-I If something lands somewhere, it arrives there unexpectedly, often causing problems. 意外出现 [非正式]

  例：

  Two days later the book had already landed on his desk.

  两天后，这本书意外地出现在了他的桌子上。

• 10. 

  to land on your feet →see foot