terra firma

短语

陆地

发音

UK /ˌtɛɹ.ə ˈfɜː.mə/
US /ˌtɛɹ.ə ˈfɝ.mə/

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Continental land, as distinguished from islands.

    不可数

    Near-synonym: mainland

  2. 2.

    Land, as opposed to water or air.

    非正式 不可数

    Near-synonyms: dry land, solid ground

  3. 3.

    Familiar territory (in a figurative sense); real-world concerns.

    习语 不可数

    Near-synonym: solid ground

    It's nice to be back on terra firma after a long session of analyzing the philosopher's abstruse theories.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

earth land ground dryland

上位词 1

object

下位词 10

floor field island neck forest plain cape mainland slash timber

词源

Learned borrowing from Latin terra firma (“solid land”).

来源：wiktionary