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| 1 | U an area of ground , especially one used for a particular purpose such as farming or building （尤指用于耕种或建筑等目的的）地，土地 |
| acres of agricultural land 大片的农业用地 |
| the land around here is quite flat 这周围的土地相当平坦。 |
| | 1a | C/U an area where the soil has particular qualities （具有某种特点的）土地 | | Most of the world’ s fertile land is already being cultivated. 世界上大部分的沃土已在耕种之中。 | |
| | 1b | U an area that someone owns, often including the buildings on it . You can also refer to someone’ s lands, and this has the same meaning 地产；地皮 | | The company bought the land last year. 该公司于去年买下了这块地。 | | Some of his land had been flooded. 他的一些地产已被水淹没。 | | Their ancient tribal lands have been taken away. 他们部落古老的土地被抢夺走了。 | | a vacant plot of land (=piece of land) 一块空地 | |
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| 2 | U the part of the Earth’ s surface that is not the sea 陆地 |
| The boxes eventually drifted to land after being in the sea for a week. 这些盒子在海上漂流了一个星期后最终漂到了陆地上。 |
| Swans are graceful swimmers, but they’ re clumsy on land. 天鹅在水中姿态优雅，但它们在陆地上却很笨拙。 |
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| 3 | C literary a country or region 国家；地区；区域 |
| the mountains of distant lands 遥远地区的群山 |
| The news quickly spread throughout the land. 消息很快传遍了这个地区。 |
| +of a land of wondrous wildlife and sweeping beauty 有着令人叹为观止的野生动植物且景色极其迷人的地区 |
| Many people emigrated to Canada believing that it was a land of opportunity. 很多人移民到了加拿大，他们相信这是个充满机遇的国度。 |
| | 3a | an imaginary place 想象（或虚构）的地方 | | the land of make-believe 虚幻的世界 | | He’ s living in a fantasy land. 他生活在幻想世界中。 | |
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| 4 | the land the countryside considered as a place to grow your own food or live in a simple healthy way 农村；农村地区 |
| go back to the land They left the city and went back to the land to raise their children. 他们离开城市回乡抚养他们的孩子。 |
| live off the land (=depend on the food you grow) The lack of rain has already hurt many people who live off the land. 靠种田过活 |
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| - | find out/see how the land lies
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| to find out about a situation before deciding what to do |
| （在决定行动之前）摸清形势，了解情况 |
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| You should see how the land lies before going into business on your own. 你在自己创业之前应当先了解情况。 |
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| - | in the land of the living humorous
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| awake |
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| I see you’ re back in the land of the living. 我知道你已经醒了。 |
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| See also | | - no-man’ s-land | |
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