borderland

n. 边界地方, 边陲, 两可间的状态

发音

US /ˈbɔː(ɹ).də(ɹ)ˌlænd/

词形变化

borderlands 复数 borderlands

别名

border-land

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Land near a border; marches.

    边陲

    1850, Charlotte Brontë, letter dated 16 March, 1850, in The Life of Charlotte Brontë by Elizabeth Gaskell, London: Smith, Elder, 1857, Volume 2, Chapter , p. , some of the ancient East Lancashire families, whose mansions lie on the hilly border-land between the two counties

  2. 2.

    An intermediate state, category, etc.

    比喻

    Near-synonyms: twilight zone, shadowland

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

march marchland

上位词 3

district territory dominion

词源

From border + land.

来源：wiktionary