| 英语单词 | landslide |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['lændslaɪd] 美 ['lændslaɪd] |
| 中文释义 | n.山崩;滑坡;占绝对优势的选举 |
| 英语例句 | (1) The heavy rain was responsible for the landslide. (2) A landslide has blocked off traffic moving south towards the motorway. (3) The landslide earthed up the pool where the animals usually drank. (4) Opinion polls forecast a Conservative landslide. (5) The business people finally jumped on the bandwagon, too, and the candidate won by a landslide. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 山崩应归于下大雨。 (2) 山崩阻碍了高速公路上向南方行驶的车辆。 (3) 滑坡填塞了动物通常来饮水的这个水坑。 (4) 民意测验预示保守党有获得压倒性多数票的可能。 (5) 商界人士最终也加入了可能获胜的一方,结果那位候选人以一边倒的优势当选。 |
| vocabulary简明 | When dirt and rock from a mountainside coming sliding down, call it a landslide. Another kind of landslide takes place when one candidate soundly defeats another in an election. With either type of landslide, it's probably safest to stay out of the way! |
| vocabulary扩展 | The political meaning of landslide is commonly used, but it's not the word's original definition. A geographical landslide occurs when a huge amount of earth slides down a slope or mountain, usually displacing rocks and vegetation and often houses and buildings as well. Landslides are caused by erosion, heavy rain, and earthquakes, among other events, and they're disruptive enough to give rise to the figurative meaning. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词](选举中)大获全胜,一面倒的胜利 A landslide is a victory in an election in which a person or political party gets far more votes or seats than their opponents.
2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]塌方;山崩;滑坡 A landslide is a large amount of earth and rocks falling down a cliff or the side of a mountain.
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