mainland

Word family adverbmainlynounmainboommainbracemain clausemain coursemaindoormainframemainlandmainlandermain linemainlinermainliningmainmastmainsailmainsheetmainspringmainstaymainstreamingmainstreetingmaintopmaintopmastmaintopsailmainyardadjectivemainlinemainstreamMain Streetmain

main·land /ˈmeɪnlənd, -lænd/ noun

the mainland SGthe main area of land that forms a country, as compared to islands near it that are also part of that country 大陆，本土〔相对于和它一起构成一个国家领土的邻近岛屿而言〕

flights between a Greek island and the mainland

希腊一海岛和本土之间的航班

on the mainland

terrorist attacks both in Northern Ireland and on the mainland

北爱尔兰和本土的恐怖袭击事件

Examples from the Corpus

on the mainland• Sepulchers face the sea, as on the mainland, but on this tiny island death seems everywhere.• Back on the mainland she was again struck by the beauty of the scene.• Grace's brothers were usually there too, but that night they were in Bamburgh, on the mainland.• It was another still island day and I could hear the sounds of a motorbike and chainsaw on the mainland.• And that those who may otherwise have left the province in search of employment on the mainland are being forced to think again.• He was asked to determine by investigation whether a given place was on an island or on the mainland.• It is now the only town on the mainland to be left with trams.• Some are relict populations of forms which, on the mainland, have long since succumbed in the struggle for survival.

—mainland adjectiveadj [only before noun]

mainland Britain

英国本土

Examples from the Corpus

mainland• The familiar mainland gripe of skill shortages is rarely heard in Northern Ireland.• When the new shops open, they also have that all too rare mainland commodity - customers - and plenty of them.• A great number of emigres arrived daily from the mainland, left homeless and often destitute of all worldly possessions.• To reach the mainland from Anglesey, vehicles must go over the Menai Bridge where any road barrier could not be avoided.• But not the drift to the mainland for work for the young men.• Tor suggests we try to stop in the small bay where we will touch the mainland.• The mainland of Britain is still their most likely destination.

From Longman Business Dictionary

mainlandmain·land /ˈmeɪnlənd, -lænd/ noun

the mainland the main area of land that forms a country, rather than the islands near to it that are also part of it

Continental Airlines serves Hawaii from the mainland.

—mainland adjectiveadj [only before a noun]

The sugar consumed on the island is now imported in bulk from mainland Portugal.

词汇	mainland
释义	mainland Word family adverbmainlynounmainboommainbracemain clausemain coursemaindoormainframemainlandmainlandermain linemainlinermainliningmainmastmainsailmainsheetmainspringmainstaymainstreamingmainstreetingmaintopmaintopmastmaintopsailmainyardadjectivemainlinemainstreamMain Streetmain main·land /ˈmeɪnlənd, -lænd/ ●○○ noun the mainland SGthe main area of land that forms a country, as compared to islands near it that are also part of that country 大陆，本土〔相对于和它一起构成一个国家领土的邻近岛屿而言〕 flights between a Greek island and the mainland 希腊一海岛和本土之间的航班 on the mainland terrorist attacks both in Northern Ireland and on the mainland 北爱尔兰和本土的恐怖袭击事件 Examples from the Corpus on the mainland• Sepulchers face the sea, as on the mainland, but on this tiny island death seems everywhere.• Back on the mainland she was again struck by the beauty of the scene.• Grace's brothers were usually there too, but that night they were in Bamburgh, on the mainland.• It was another still island day and I could hear the sounds of a motorbike and chainsaw on the mainland.• And that those who may otherwise have left the province in search of employment on the mainland are being forced to think again.• He was asked to determine by investigation whether a given place was on an island or on the mainland.• It is now the only town on the mainland to be left with trams.• Some are relict populations of forms which, on the mainland, have long since succumbed in the struggle for survival. —mainland adjectiveadj [only before noun] mainland Britain 英国本土 Examples from the Corpus mainland• The familiar mainland gripe of skill shortages is rarely heard in Northern Ireland.• When the new shops open, they also have that all too rare mainland commodity - customers - and plenty of them.• A great number of emigres arrived daily from the mainland, left homeless and often destitute of all worldly possessions.• To reach the mainland from Anglesey, vehicles must go over the Menai Bridge where any road barrier could not be avoided.• But not the drift to the mainland for work for the young men.• Tor suggests we try to stop in the small bay where we will touch the mainland.• The mainland of Britain is still their most likely destination. From Longman Business Dictionary mainlandmain·land /ˈmeɪnlənd, -lænd/ noun the mainland the main area of land that forms a country, rather than the islands near to it that are also part of it Continental Airlines serves Hawaii from the mainland. —mainland adjectiveadj [only before a noun] The sugar consumed on the island is now imported in bulk from mainland Portugal.
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