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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。