| 单词 | no-mans-land |
| 释义 | no-man's land1. uncountable noun [oft a NOUN] No-man's land is an area of land that is not owned or controlled by anyone, for example the area of land between two opposing armies. In Tobruk, leading a patrol in no-man's land, he was blown up by a mortar bomb. The station has been built on the former no-man's-land between East and West Berlin. [+ between] 2. singular noun If you refer to a situation as a no-man's land between different things, you mean that it seems unclear because it does not fit into any of the categories. The play is set in the dangerous no-man's land between youth and adolescence. [+ between] no-man's-land in British Englishnoun 1. land between boundaries, esp an unoccupied zone between opposing forces 2. an unowned or unclaimed piece of land 3. an ambiguous area of activity or thought no man's land in American English noun Also ˈno-ˌman's-land1. a piece of land, usually wasteland, to which no one has a recognized title 2. the unoccupied region separating opposing armies 3. an indefinite area of operation, involvement, jurisdiction, etc. Examples of 'no-man's-land' in a sentence |
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