Land

(noun.) the solid part of the earth's surface; 'the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land'; 'the earth shook for several minutes'; 'he dropped the logs on the ground'.

(noun.) 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'; 'good agricultural soil'.

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

(noun.) the land on which real estate is located; 'he built the house on land leased from the city'.

(verb.) reach or come to rest; 'The bird landed on the highest branch'; 'The plane landed in Istanbul'.

(verb.) cause to come to the ground; 'the pilot managed to land the airplane safely'.

(verb.) arrive on shore; 'The ship landed in Pearl Harbor'.

(verb.) bring ashore; 'The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island'.

(verb.) deliver (a blow); 'He landed several blows on his opponent's head'.

整理:保罗

• These good people were absolutely ignorant that their land contained that which was quite as valuable as a gold-mine. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• The peninsula of Italy was not then the smiling land of vineyards and olive orchards it has since become. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• I say that these monstrous laws of yours will bring a curse upon the land--God will not let such wickedness endure. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• At this point the water recedes a few hundred yards from the high land. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Barren timber for building is of great value in a populous and well-cultivated country, and the land which produces it affords a considerable rent. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• He considers what the land will cost him, in tax and price together. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Slowly the launch drifted round in a pathetic, clumsy circle, and slunk away to the land, retreating into the dimness. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Secondly, In Pennsylvania there is no right of primogeniture, and lands, like moveables, are divided equally among all the children of the family. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• In waste and uninclosed lands, any person who discovers a tin mine may mark out its limits to a certain extent, which is called bounding a mine. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• See what tidings that horn tells us of--to announce, I ween, some hership [12] and robbery which has been done upon my lands. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• From the coast inland, stretch, between flowered lanes and hedges, rolling pasture-lands of rich green made all the more vivid by th e deep reddish tint of the ploughed fields. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• What thinkst thou of gaining fair lands and livings, by wedding a Saxon, after the fashion of the followers of the Conqueror? 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• In Washington he has made his home, and there scientists of all lands call to pay their respects to the patriarch of American inventors. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• I neither was crushed nor elated by her lands and gold; I thought not of them, cared not for them. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Early on the morning of 30th of April McClernand's corps and one division of McPherson's corps were speedily landed. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Soon the entire party had landed where stood Professor Porter, Mr. Philander and the weeping Esmeralda. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• No one could have been in direr poverty than he when the steamboat landed him in New York in 1869. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The beginning was when he landed troops on this continent. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The little company were landed on the shore. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• I happened to say, I thought it was a pity they had not been landed in Pennsylvania, as in that country almost every farmer had his wagon. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• He landed me on the pavement. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• William was soon calling out from the landing-place of the second story for his mother and for Rebecca. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• It might be for a day or for two days, but I must be lost sight of on landing, or there would be recognition, anticipation, and failure. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The road from his first position to Pittsburg landing was direct and near the river. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Could it be the tempest which, as she passed the landing of the first floor, blew open the drawing-room door? 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The storm appeared to approach rapidly; and, on landing, I ascended a low hill, that I might observe its progress. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• To return to the Army of the Potomac: The 2d corps commenced crossing the James River on the morning of the 14th by ferry-boats at Wilcox's Landing. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• I rushed madly from the room on to the landing. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.

整理:朱莉安娜