GROUND 土地, [U] an area of ground, especially when used for farming or building

土地〔尤指耕作或建筑用地〕:

500 acres of land

500 英亩土地

a piece of open land (=land which has not been built on)

一块空地

a shortage of housing land

住宅用地的不足

land prices

地价

NOT SEA 非海洋, [U] the solid dry part of the Earth's surface

陆地:

After 21 days at sea, we sighted land.

经过 21 天的海上航行，我们见到了陆地。

Troops began an assault on the city by land and sea.

军队开始由海陆两路攻击这个城市。

The crocodile lays its eggs on land.

鳄鱼在陆地上产卵。

The white stork is one of the biggest land birds of the region.

白鹳是该地区最大的陆栖鸟类之一。

COUNTRY 国土, [C] [literary] a country or area

国家; 地区:

Their journey took them to many foreign lands .

他们的旅程让他们踏足许多异国的土地。

He's fiercely proud of his native land.

他为祖国深深地感到自豪。

Australia represented a real land of opportunity for thousands of people.

对很多人来说，澳大利亚是一个充满机遇的国度。

NOT CITY 非城市, the land the countryside thought of as a place where people grow food

乡村，农村; 田地:

A third of the region's population still lives off the land.

该地区三分之一的人口依旧靠土地生活。

Many people were forced to give up working the land.

许多人被迫放弃种地。

PROPERTY 财产, [U] the area of land that someone owns

〔某人拥有的〕地皮，地产:

He ordered us to get off his land.

他命令我们离开他的地盘。

see / find out how the land lies, [spoken] to try to discover what the situation really is before you make a decision

〔作出决定前〕了解情况，摸清形势

(in) the land of the living, [spoken] awake – used humorously

醒着〔幽默用法〕

the land of milk and honey, an imaginary place where life is easy and pleasant

〔虚构中的〕乳蜜之乡，富饶的乐土

in the land of nod, [old-fashioned] asleep

在睡梦之乡

PLANE / BIRD / INSECT 飞机/鸟/昆虫

ARRIVE BY BOAT / PLANE 乘船/乘飞机抵达, [I] to arrive somewhere in a plane, boat etc

〔乘飞机、船等〕着陆; 登陆; 到达:

We expect to be landing in Oslo in about fifty minutes.

我们预计约 50 分钟后在奥斯陆降落。

In 1969, the first men landed on the moon.

1969 年，人类首次登上月球。

FALL / COME DOWN 掉下/落下, [I always + adv / prep] to come down through the air onto something

〔从空中〕落下〔到某物上〕;

A large branch landed on the hood of my car.

一根巨大的树枝掉落到我汽车的引擎盖上。

Louis fell out of the tree and landed in a holly bush.

路易斯从树上掉下来落到冬青树丛中。

She fell and landed heavily on the floor.

她掉了下来，重重地摔在地上。

A couple of bombs landed quite near to the village.

几颗炸弹落在离村子很近的地方。

GOODS / PEOPLE 货物/乘客, [T] if a boat or aircraft lands people or goods, it brings them to a place, and the people get out or the goods are carried out

〔从船或飞机上〕卸下〔货物〕; 使〔乘客〕下船（飞机）:

The troops were landed by helicopter.

部队从直升机上下来。

JOB / CONTRACT ETC 工作/合同等, [T] [informal] to succeed in getting a job, contract etc that was difficult to get

谋得〔难得的工作、合同等〕:

He landed a job with a law firm.

他在律师事务所谋得了一份工作。

Bill's just landed himself a part in a Broadway show.

比尔刚在百老汇演出中谋到了一个角色。

land sb in trouble / hospital / court etc, to cause someone to have serious problems or be in a difficult situation

使某人陷入困境/住院/卷入官司等:

Connie's going to land herself in big trouble if she keeps arriving late for work.

康妮要是上班老迟到，她会给自己惹上大麻烦的。

She developed pneumonia which landed her in hospital.

她患上肺炎，住进了医院。

land sb in it, [BrE spoken informal] to get someone into trouble by telling other people that they did something wrong

〔告诉他人某人做错某事而〕使某人陷入麻烦;

Geoff landed me in it by saying I should have checked that the door was locked.

杰夫说我本该检查一下门是否锁好，这使我惹上了麻烦。

PROBLEMS 问题, [I always + adv / prep] to arrive unexpectedly, and cause problems

〔出乎意料地〕降临〔从而引发问题〕:

Just when I thought my problems were over, this letter landed on my desk.

就在我认为所有问题已都解决时，这封信来到了我的桌上。

land a punch / blow etc, to succeed in hitting someone

一拳击中

land on your feet, to get into a good situation again, after having problems

逢凶化吉，摆脱困苦:

She certainly landed on her feet when she got that job.

她一定是时来运转，得到了那份工作。

CATCH FISH 捕鱼, [T] to catch a fish

捕到〔鱼〕