land [ lændz ]

• n.
  • the land on which real estate is located

    "he built the house on land leased from the city"

  • material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)

    "the land had never been plowed"

    同义词： ground soil

  • the solid part of the earth's surface

    "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"

    同义词： dry land earth ground solid ground terra firma

  • territory over which rule or control is exercised

    "he made it the law of the land"

    同义词： domain demesne

  • the territory occupied by a nation

    "he returned to the land of his birth"

    同义词： country state

  • a domain in which something is dominant

    "a land of make-believe"

    同义词： kingdom realm

  • extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use

    "the family owned a large estate on Long Island"

    同义词： estate landed estate acres demesne

  • the people who live in a nation or country

    同义词： nation country

  • a politically organized body of people under a single government

    "an industrialized land"

    同义词： state nation country commonwealth res publica body politic

  • United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one-step photographic process (1909-1991)

    同义词： Din Land Edwin Herbert Land

  • agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life

    "there's no work on the land any more"

    同义词： farming

• v.
  • reach or come to rest

    "The bird landed on the highest branch"; "The plane landed in Istanbul"

    同义词： set down

  • cause to come to the ground

    "the pilot managed to land the airplane safely"

    同义词： put down bring down

  • bring into a different state

    "this may land you in jail"

    同义词： bring

  • bring ashore

    "The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island"

  • deliver (a blow)

    "He landed several blows on his opponent's head"

  • arrive on shore

    "The ship landed in Pearl Harbor"

    同义词： set ashore shore

  • shoot at and force to come down

    "the enemy landed several of our aircraft"

    同义词： down shoot down

• adj. relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land

  "land vehicles"

以上来源于: WordNet