[N-SING 单数名词]（指与周围岛屿相对的）大陆，本土 You can refer to the largest part of a country or continent as the mainland when contrasting it with the islands around it.
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She was going to Nanaimo to catch the ferry to the mainland.
她准备去纳奈莫乘渡船回大陆。
...the islands that lie off the coast of mainland Britain.
远离英国本土的岛屿
Oxford
themain·land/ˈmeɪnlænd; NAmEˈmeɪnlænd/noun[singular ]the main area of land of a country, not including any islands near to it 大陆；（不包括附近岛屿的）国土的主体◆a boat to/from the mainland驶往大陆的╱由大陆来的船◆The Hebrides are to the west of the Scottish mainland.赫布里底群岛位于苏格兰本土的西面。▶main·landadjective[only before noun ]◆mainland Greece希腊大陆mainlandmainlandsmain·land/ˈmeɪnlænd; NAmEˈmeɪnlænd/
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mainlandmain‧land /ˈmeɪnlənd, -lænd/ ●○○ noun
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the mainland the main area of land that forms a country, as compared to islands near it that are also part of that country: flights between a Greek island and the mainlandon the mainland terrorist attacks both in Northern Ireland and on the mainland—mainland adjective [only before noun]: mainland Britain
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