landfall

noun
🔊/ˈlændfɔːl/
🔊/ˈlændfɔːl/
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  1. [uncountable, countable] (literary) the act of arriving on land after a long journey by sea or by air, or the land that you first see or arrive at(航海或飞行后)踏上陆地;初见的陆地;初次踏足的陆地
    • 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。🔊🔊
    • Hurricane Katrina roared across the Gulf of Mexico before making landfall.卡特里娜飓风在登陆之前咆哮横过墨西哥湾。
    • San Salvador is thought to be the original landfall of Christopher Columbus.圣萨尔瓦多被认为是克里斯托弗·哥伦布的原始登陆地。
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  2. (also landslide)
    [countable] a mass of earth, rock, etc. that falls down the slope of a mountain or a cliff (山坡或悬崖的)崩塌,塌方,滑坡,地滑