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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Armies marched to and fro across the great land mass.
  军队在这大片土地上来回行进。
• 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。
• The land mass of australia, after it had broken away from antarctica, continued to drift.
  澳洲大陆在从南极洲分离出来之后仍在继续漂移。
• 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。