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

• 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。
• The Eruasian land mass, coupled with Africa, possesses unmatched self-sufficiency and a dominant strategic position over the Western Hemisphere.
  欧亚大陆和非洲在西半球拥有不对称的自给自足和战略统治地位。
• A small, dim light left on all night. The two continents were connected by a land mass at one time.
  夜亮灯夜间一直开着的光线暗的小灯这两个大陆曾经由一大片陆地连接着。
• A string of spectacular undersea volcanoes created the islands and continue to add to their land mass even today.
  一系列壮观的海底火山形成这个群岛并甚至在今天仍继续增加着岛屿的面积。
• Their shares of global population and land mass are even higher, leading Mr O'Neill to say more recently that he coined the Bric acronym as the countries are now part of the brick of the modern world economy.
  它们占全球人口和陆地面积的比例更高，因此奥尼尔在近些时候表示，他提出金砖四国一词，是因为这些国家现在已经成为构筑当代世界经济的部分砖石。
• 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。
• Always remember this, Australia is small country in term of population and capitals, but it is one of the biggest in land mass.
  请牢记，不论从人口还是资本来说澳大利亚都是个小国家，但是从国土面积上来说则是最大国家之一。
• But together they account for about a third of China's land mass and for a large proportion of its inadequate reserves of oil and gas.
  但两地加起来，约占中国陆地总面积的三分之一，在中国并不丰富的油气储量中，两地也占了相当大的比例。
• Land mass and ocean had changed places.
  土地和海洋的位置发生变化。
• 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。