landfall的意思

landfall

英式音标['lænd'fɔl]
美式英标['læn(d)fɔːl]

基本解释

n. 着陆；[水运] 初见陆地；到达陆地

中文词源

landfall 滑坡，着陆

land,土地，fall,滑落。即滑坡，同时也用于指着陆，特别是长期航海后回到陆地。

英文词源

landfall (n.): "sighting of land," 1620s, also "the first land 'made' on a sea voyage;" from land (v.1) + fall (v.) in the sense of "happen." From the days of imprecise nautical navigation.
Land-fall. The first land discovered after a sea voyage. Thus a good land fall implies the land expected or desired; a bad landfall the reverse. [John Hamilton Moore, "The New Practical Navigator," London, 1814]
Of hurricanes, by 1932.

实用例句

1. After three weeks they made landfall on the coast of Ireland.: 三个星期之后，他们登上了爱尔兰的海岸。

2. By the time we had made landfall the boat looked ten years older!: 等到我们登陆时，这艘船看似已老了10年！

3. We made a landfall at dusk after three weeks at sea.: 在海上航行叁周后的一个黄昏,我们看到了陆地.

4. Our next landfall should be Jamaica.: 我们下一靠岸处应是牙买加.

5. It made landfall at Plover Cove reservoir at 3 pm.: (?风)于下午三时在船湾淡水湖登陆.

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