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- all the visible features of an area of countryside or land, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal风景, 风光; 景色, 景象:
the soft colours of the Northumbrian landscape
诺森伯兰风景的柔和色彩
a bleak urban landscape.
凄凉的城市景色。
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- a picture representing an area of countryside风景画:
as modifier a landscape painter.一位风景画家。
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- mass noun the genre of landscape painting风景画艺术形式。
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- figurative the distinctive features of a particular situation or intellectual activity〈喻〉局势的特征; 局面; 智力活动的特征:
the event transformed the political landscape.
这一事件改变了政治形势的特征。
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- as modifier(of a page, book, or illustration, or the manner in which it is set or printed) wider than it is high(书页、书、插图、排印方式)横幅(指宽度大于高度)的。比较PORTRAIT(义项2)。
with obj.(一般作be landscaped)
- improve the aesthetic appearance of (a piece of land) by changing its contours, adding ornamental features, or planting trees and shrubs造景, 环境美化:
the site has been tastefully landscaped
该地造景很有情趣
as noun landscaping the company spent £15,000 on landscaping.公司花了15,000英镑美化环境。
派生词
landscapist
noun词源
late 16th cent. (denoting a picture of natural scenery): from Middle Dutch lantscap, from land 'land' + scap (equivalent of -SHIP).