landmass
landmass — 名詞
- landmasssingular
- landmassesplural
1. a very big area of land — for instance, a continent or a large island — that sta
陸塊
未被海洋分割的大塊陸地
a very big area of land — for instance, a continent or a large island — that stands as one continuous piece unbroken by sea
The Australian landmass has been separated from other continents for millions of years.
澳洲陸塊已經與其他大陸隔離了數百萬年。
often modified by a geographical adjective (Australian landmass)
Scientists believe the Eurasian landmass formed when several tectonic plates pushed together.
科學家認為歐亞陸塊是由數個板塊推擠而形成的。
collocation: formed when plates pushed together
- vast landmass
- continental landmass
- ancient landmass
- single landmass
- landmass of [region]
- form a landmass
- split a landmass
- continent
a specific kind of landmass — one of the seven major divisions (Africa, Asia, etc.); not every landmass is a continent (e.g. Greenland is a landmass but not a continent)
- land area
less specific — refers to any measurable extent of land, not necessarily one continuous piece; 'land area' can include scattered islands
- ocean
a landmass is land; an ocean is the large body of water that surrounds or separates landmasses
- body of water
general opposite — a landmass is a continuous land area, while a body of water (sea, lake, ocean) is the opposite geographical feature
文法句型
the [adjective] landmass
landmass of [region]
用法筆記
Almost always used in geography or geology writing. A landmass is defined by continuous land that is not broken by sea — for example, Australia counts as a single landmass even though it is both a country and a continent.