land mass

英 [ˈlænd mæs]

美 [ˈlænd mæs]

n.  陆块; 地块

牛津词典

noun

• 陆块；地块
  a large area of land, for example a continent

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 陆块；地块
  Aland massis a very large area of land such as a continent.
  1. ...the Antarctic landmass.
     南极大陆
  2. ...the country's large land mass of 768 million hectares.
     该国7.68亿公顷的广阔陆地

英英释义

noun

• a large continuous extent of land
  Synonym:landmass

双语例句

• Two hundred million years ago, all the continents were parts of a single land mass called Pangaea.
  两亿年以前，所有的大陆都是一整块叫做泛古陆的大陆的一部分。
• Early medieval Scholastics attached her name to the western end of the Eurasian land mass.
  中世纪早期的经院哲学家将她的名字与欧亚大陆西端联系起来。
• At the horizon the land mass becomes a continuous pale neutral grey
  陆地在地平线处变成了一片浅灰。
• Like the us, China has more land mass than Japan and therefore a more widely varied cuisine.
  如美国，中国已经超过日本，因此更大规模地更为广泛多样美食。
• But together they account for about a third of China's land mass and for a large proportion of its inadequate reserves of oil and gas.
  但两地加起来，约占中国陆地总面积的三分之一，在中国并不丰富的油气储量中，两地也占了相当大的比例。
• This results from its absorption of the ethnic minority homelands that make up 60 per cent of its land mass and are the origin of all the important international rivers flowing out of Chinese territory.
  这是源于中国对少数民族居住地的吸纳&这些少数民族居住地区占到了中国陆地总面积的60%，是从中国流出的所有重要国际河流的发源地。
• I was deeply impressed by your warm people, vast land mass and beautiful scenery.
  加拿大热情的人平易近、广袤的土地、美丽的环境给我留下了深化印象。
• We're a lot bigger than you, in land mass, but our population is considerably less.
  我们的土地比你们的大多了，人口倒是比你们少了不少。
• A huge mass of ice slowly flowing over a land mass, formed from compacted snow in an area where snow accumulation exceeds melting and sublimation.
  巨大的冰块（由于一个地区雪的积累量超出了融化和升华量而形成的结实的雪形成）在巨大的地上慢慢滑动而形成。
• Armies marched to and fro across the great land mass.
  军队在这大片土地上来回行进。