land/lænd/

n

1. U 陆地，地面

• It's quicker to go by land to the other side of the island. 到岛的另一端去走陆路要快一些。

2. U 土地，田地

• a piece of land 一块土地

• His family work on the land. 他全家人都种地。

3. 地产

• invest in land 投资于地产

• land prices 地价

4. C 国土，国家

• He never came back to his native land again. 他再没回过祖国。

5. [亦作 ～s] 私有土地

• The landlord's lands extend to the foot of the hill. 地主的土地延伸到山脚下。

6. 用作单 农业；农村；农村生活

• a person who takes land 从事农业的人。

• Many people in China left the land for jobs in town. 在中国许多人离开了农村到城里找工作。

词组how the land lies 情况如何；事态

• By that time I saw very clearly how the land lay between my patron and his wife. 到这时我已清楚地看出我的老板和他妻子的关系如何。

in the land of living 口 活着

• I shouldn't think he's in the land of living now. 我想他现在已不在人世了。