land

1 عمومی:: زمین، به‌ خشكی‌ امدن‌، سرزمین‌، دیار، خاك‌، زمین‌، خشكی‌

شبکه مترجمین ایران

1 general::   noun surface of the earth ADJ. dry It was good to be on dry land again after months at sea. VERB + LAND reach The explorers reached land after a long voyage. | sight In the distance the crew sighted land. | reclaim The new project will reclaim the land from the sea. LAND + NOUN mass chains of volcanoes running along the edge of continental land masses | animal, mammal | battle, war | forces With the land forces defeated, everything now rested on the navy. PREP. by ~ It's impossible to reach this beach by land because of the high cliffs. | on ~ Some animals can live both on land and in water. piece of ground ADJ. good, prime prime building land | fertile, rich rich agricultural land land that is rich in mineral deposits | marginal, poor animals grazing on marginal land that was previously heath or moorland | arid, dry, hard, parched The land was very dry and hard after the long, hot summer. | marshy | barren | derelict, waste (also wasteland) A new shopping centre will be built on the derelict land. | contaminated | empty, unused, vacant | uncultivated, virgin, wild | agricultural, arable, cultivated, farm (also farmland), farming | grazing | industrial | building, housing | green belt | rural, urban | private | public | common This used to be common land, where everyone had the right to graze animals. | open They finally got out of the town and reached open land. | flat, low-lying | hill, undulating | coastal, forest, meadow QUANT. parcel, piece, plot, scrap, strip, tract Every scrap of land is used for growing food. The college owns vast tracts of land. VERB + LAND have, hold, own The inhabitants of a village held land in common. | acquire, buy, purchase | sell | cultivate, farm, plough, work | irrigate | clear The land has been cleared ready for building. | develop They were refused permission to develop the land. | occupy During the war their lands were occupied by the enemy. | seize | allocate, distribute, redistribute | grant sb He was granted land by the king. LAND + VERB adjoin sth a piece of land adjoining a disused railway line LAND + NOUN owner, ownership | acquisition, purchase | reclamation | development | use | prices, values | dispute 3 the land farming land VERB + LAND live off It's very fertile countryside where you can just live off the land. | farm, work (on) His family had always worked the land. | leave Many people leave the land to find work in towns and cities. | get/go back to He's tired of living in cities, and wants to get back to the land. country ADJ. ancestral, native the tribe's ancestral lands | distant He travelled to many distant lands. | alien, foreign, strange She was all alone in a strange land. | promised (often figurative) the promised land of progressive education | cloud cuckoo, never-never (both figurative) Anyone who thinks this legislation will be effective is living in cloud cuckoo land.,   verb of an aircraft ADV. safely The pilot managed to land the plane safely. VERB + LAND be due to | come down to The plane slowly came down to land. | be forced to The plane was forced to land in a nearby field. | manage to PREP. at We are due to land at Heathrow at 12.15. fall to the ground ADV. awkwardly, badly I landed awkwardly and twisted my ankle. | expertly, neatly He tensed himself for the jump and landed expertly on the other side. | heavily | lightly PREP. on She fell and landed heavily on her back.

Oxford Collocations Dictionary

2 general:: land sb with sth If someone or something lands you with something, they cause problems for you • I hope you don't mind me landing you with the children at such short notice. • Alan's gone off on holiday and I've been landed with the job of sorting out his mistakes., land up informal to finally be in a particular place, state or situation, especially without having planned it • When we accepted that lift in Paris, we never expected to land up in Athens. • He'll land up in hospital if he carries on drinking like that., land sb in sth to cause someone to be in a difficult situation • Revealing confidential information to a rival company could land you in serious trouble with your boss. • The demonstration outside the embassy landed some of the protesters in jail overnight. • He landed himself in deep/hot water (= in a very difficult or unpleasant situation) by lying to the tax office about his earnings.

Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs

3 general:: noun property: We need the land to farm. noun country: Ours is a fertile land. verb touches down: Our plane lands at noon.

Simple Definitions

4 general:: land phrases an acre/hectare of land • The family owned hundreds of acres of land. a piece of land (= an area of land ) • He built a house on a piece of land near the river. a plot/parcel of land (= a piece of land ) • They farmed a small plot of land. a strip of land (= a narrow piece of land ) • They owned the strip of land between the forest and the sea. a tract of land (= a large area of land ) • Cattle ranching requires large tracts of land. adjectives fertile/rich (= good for growing crops ) • The land near the river is very fertile. poor (= not good for growing crops ) • It is poor land that should never have been farmed. vacant/derelict British English (= unused ) • The houses could be built on derelict land. open land (= land on which there are no buildings ) • In the middle of the city are several hundred acres of open land. agricultural land • The factory is causing severe pollution to nearby agricultural land. arable land (= land that crops are grown on ) • Some pastures were converted into arable land. industrial land (= land where factories can be built and industry take place ) • The canal basin area is designated as industrial land. housing/building land British English (= land where houses can be built ) • The shortage of housing land is a problem in the south-east. COMMON ERRORS >>> Do not say ' a large land ' or ' a small land '. Say a large piece of land or a small piece of land .

transnet.ir

5 general:: In addition to the idioms beginning with LAND, Also see CLOUD-CUCKOO LAND; FALL (LAND) ON ONE'S FEET; FAT OF THE LAND; LA-LA LAND; LAY OF THE LAND; NEVER-NEVER LAND.

American Heritage Idioms