喜樂美語
  1. 1nB2/ˈmeɪnlænd/ · /ˈmeɪnlənd/本島／大陸（陸地主體）

    The largest, main part of a country or area of land, when it is talked about separately from the islands around it.

    示範例句 · Example

    We took a ferry from the small island back to the mainland.

    逐字我們搭渡輪從那座小島回到本島。

    「mainland」是把「主要那一大塊陸地」和「周圍的小島」分開來講時，指那一大塊。可以想成 main（主要）+ land（陸地）= 主要的陸地。常加 the，例如 take a ferry to the mainland（搭渡輪到本島）。它是地理上的說法，重點在『大陸地對比小島』，跟政治無關。

    常見搭配

    • on the mainland

      在本島上

      located on the main land area, not an island

      Her grandparents live on the mainland.

    • to the mainland

      往本島

      toward the main land area

      The last boat to the mainland leaves at six.

    • the mainland

      本島／主體陸地

      the main land area as opposed to islands

      From the hill you can see the mainland across the bay.

    意思相近

    the main islandthe continent

    意思相反

    islandisletoffshore island

core核心畫面

Stand on a small island and look across the water at the big body of land — that large main piece is the mainland, named separately from the islands scattered around it.

可以想成站在一座小島上，隔著海望向那一大塊主要的陸地：那塊「主體」就是 mainland。這個字把「最大、最核心的那片陸地」和它周圍零星的島嶼分開來講——它由 main（主要的）加上 land（陸地）組成，字面就是「主要的那塊地」。

複數 mainlands

意思相近

the main islandthe continent

意思相反

islandisletoffshore island

原始詞典資料6 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Mainlandname

  • 1

    The largest island in the Orkney Islands council area, to the north of Scotland.

  • 2

    The largest island in the Shetland Islands council area, to the north of both Orkney and Scotland.

  • 3

    historicalA historical region of British Columbia, British North America, British Empire.

mainlandnoun/ˈmeɪnlənd/

  • 1

    The continent; the principal land, as distinguished from islands or a peninsula.

    • […]I got to the mainland, where, to my great comfort, I clambered up the cliffs of the shore and sat me down upon the grass, free from danger and quite out of the reach of the water.
    • You may have not realised when I was using the term mainland Europe, I was excluding the British Isles.
  • 2

    The principal island of a group.

  • 3

    Great Britain.

    • All of the people I interviewed were from Protestant backgrounds, with proud British traditions. Yet when they set foot on the mainland, they were met at times with jeering, derision and othering from the very people with whom they were raised to believe they had the most in common.

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