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

• The two continents were connected by a land mass at one time.
  这两个大陆曾经由一大片陆地连接着。
• 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。
• 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。
• We have mentioned that though Luzon appears to be on the Philippine Plate, this is a land mass attached to the Philippines on the Sunda Plate because underlying rock strata hold it to the Sunda Plate.
  我们提到过虽然看起来好像吕宋岛在菲律宾板块上，这其实是在巽他板块上与菲律宾相连的土地，因为下面的岩层是属于巽他板块的。
• 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。
• Armies marched to and fro across the great land mass.
  军队在这大片土地上来回行进。
• 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。
• Asia and Europe form a huge land mass.
  亚洲和欧洲连成一片大陆地。
• This, and the presence of the Arctic Ocean in the center of the great land mass, give the area a markedly different conformation and climate from that around the opposite pole.
  这一切使得这块区域相对于地球另一端来说，在构架和气候方面存在显著的不同。
• In the20th century, we measured a nation's wealth primarily by its natural resources, its land mass, its population and its army.
  在20世纪，我们衡量一个国家的财富首先想到的是它的自然资源，陆地面积，人口和军队。