mainland

C1 CET-4 Oxf 5000 高中 FREQ #8920

n. 大陆, 本土 [法] 大陆

发音

US /ˈmeɪnlənd/
US /-lænd/
UK /ˈmeɪnlænd/
AU /mæɪnlænd/
NZ /mæɪnlænd/

词形变化

mainlands 复数 mainlands

教材释义与例句

名词

大陆；本土

the main area of land that forms a country, as compared to islands near it that are also part of that country

flights between a Greek island and the mainland

希腊一海岛和本土之间的航班

释义与例句

n. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    The continent; the principal land, as distinguished from islands or a peninsula.

    大陆

    内地

    本土

    You may have not realised when I was using the term mainland Europe, I was excluding the British Isles.

  2. 2.

    The principal island of a group.

  3. 3.

    Great Britain.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 5

earth land ground dryland terra firma

相关短语

mainland China [网络] 中国大陆；大陆中国；中国内地 mainland Chinese Mainland China mainland Europe mainland clouded leopard Lower Mainland

词源

From Middle English mayne londe; equivalent to main + land. Compare Scots mayn-land, magan-land, madin-land (“mainland”), Faroese meginland (“mainland”), Icelandic meginland (“mainland”).

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