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Landmark Point N Mark Sense Lændmɑ:K N.陆标;里程碑 英

单词 landmark
音标 ['lændmɑ:k]
解释 n.陆标;里程碑
红宝书 【英】 n. 陆标 (an easily recognizable object);里程碑 (an important point in a person's life)
【记】 组合词:land(陆地 )+mark(标志)
字源 landmark (n.)
Old English landmearc, from land (n.) + mearc (see mark (n.1)). Originally "object set up to mark the boundaries of a kingdom, estate, etc.;" general sense of "conspicuous object in a landscape" is from 1560s. Modern figurative sense of "event, etc., considered a high point in history" is from 1859.
不择手段背单词
趣味全助记 【记】land 陆地 + mark标记

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