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

• Land mass and ocean had changed places.
  土地和海洋的位置发生变化。
• Dinosaurs evolved when most continents were joined in a single land mass.
  恐龙进化的时候，多数大陆连为一体。
• Asia and Europe form a huge land mass.
  亚洲和欧洲连成一片大陆地。
• The air over the great land mass of Asia heats up in summer and rises.
  夏季，亚洲大陆上空的空气变热并向上升腾。
• 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。
• And though China's vast land mass means there are probably still plenty of valuable and legitimate fossils out there, China's fossil rush might already be a thing of the past.
  中国广袤的大地上可能仍然蕴藏着大量真正的有价值的化石，但中国化石大量的涌现在市场上可能已经属于过去的事了。
• The main land mass of a country or continent; as distinguished from an island or peninsula.
  一个国家的主要大陆块。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。