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mainland n.大陆；本土 (1) 这些节目将对中国大陆播放。(2) 岛上有座桥与大陆相连。(3) 孟买和印度本土是由一条堤道相连的。(4) 夏威夷和阿拉斯加不在美国本土。 The rocky coast of the mainland might make for a difficult landing in your rowboat — or you might enter a race that requires you to swim from the mainland to a tiny island and back. You could also refer to "mainland United States" to distinguish it from the island state of Hawaii, and its residents might even call you a mainlander when you vacation there.

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英 ['meɪnlænd] 美 ['meɪnlænd] (1) The programs will be beamed to Mainland China.(2) The island is joined to the mainland by a bridge.(3) Bombay is linked to the mainland by a causeway.(4) Hawaii and Alaska are not on the mainland of the United States. A mainland is the land covering a continent, as opposed to islands off its coast. When you take the ferry back after visiting Block Island, you can say you're "returning to the mainland." 1[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.   [the N]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

英语单词	mainland
英美音标	英 ['meɪnlænd] 美 ['meɪnlænd]
中文释义	n.大陆；本土
英语例句	(1) The programs will be beamed to Mainland China. (2) The island is joined to the mainland by a bridge. (3) Bombay is linked to the mainland by a causeway. (4) Hawaii and Alaska are not on the mainland of the United States.
中文例句	(1) 这些节目将对中国大陆播放。 (2) 岛上有座桥与大陆相连。 (3) 孟买和印度本土是由一条堤道相连的。 (4) 夏威夷和阿拉斯加不在美国本土。
vocabulary简明	A mainland is the land covering a continent, as opposed to islands off its coast. When you take the ferry back after visiting Block Island, you can say you're "returning to the mainland."
vocabulary扩展	The rocky coast of the mainland might make for a difficult landing in your rowboat — or you might enter a race that requires you to swim from the mainland to a tiny island and back. You could also refer to "mainland United States" to distinguish it from the island state of Hawaii, and its residents might even call you a mainlander when you vacation there.
柯林斯解释	1 [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. [the N] 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

Mainland Island United Ferry Coast Refer 英 Meɪnlænd] 美