landing

noun
🔊/ˈlændɪŋ/
🔊/ˈlændɪŋ/
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  1. [countable, uncountable] an act of bringing an aircraft or a spacecraft down to the ground after a journey降落;着陆
    • a perfect/smooth/safe landing准确/顺利/安全着陆
    • the first Apollo moon landing阿波罗航天飞船首次登月着陆
    • The pilot was forced to make an emergency landing.飞行员被迫紧急着陆。🔊🔊
    • a landing site降落场
    • the first successful lunar landing首次成功登月着陆
    opposite take-off see also crash landing, forced landingTopics Spaceb2, Transport by airb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • bumpy
    • hard
    • rough
    verb + landing
    • make
    landing + noun
    • area
    • site
    • strip
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  2. [countable] the area at the top of a set of stairs where you arrive before you go into an upstairs room or move onto another set of stairs楼梯平台;(两段楼梯间的)过渡平台
    • Go up to the first-floor landing and it’s the door on the right.上到一楼,在右边的门。
    Extra Examples
    • The room opens off the landing.这个房间的门通向楼梯平台。
    • There's a phone on the landing outside your room.你房间外面的楼梯平台上有部电话。
    Topics Houses and homesc1, Buildingsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • first-floor
    • second-floor
    • etc.
    preposition
    • off the landing
    • on the landing
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  3. [countable] an act of bringing soldiers to land in an area that is controlled by the enemy登陆
  4. (British English also landing stage)
    [countable] a flat wooden platform on the water where boats let people get on and off, and load and unload goods码头;浮动码头;栈桥 synonym jetty