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单词 landlocked
释义

landlocked

adjective

land·​locked ˈland-ˌläkt How to pronounce landlocked (audio)
1
: enclosed or nearly enclosed by land
a landlocked country
2
: confined to fresh water by some barrier
landlocked salmon
3
: living or located away from the ocean
a landlocked sailor

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Without it, the country shrivels to a landlocked rump state. New York Times, 19 Aug. 2022 By this time, Habiyambere and Umugenga have driven a hundred and forty miles down the entire eastern shoreline of Lake Kivu, where the fishing industry of this landlocked country is based. Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2022 Nepal, a landlocked Asian country nestled in the Himalayan Mountains, is one of 13 countries that committed to doubling its tiger population during a 2010 international tiger summit in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 29 July 2022 Nepal, a landlocked country between China and India, has been battered by sharp increases in global prices of crude oil and other commodities. Reuters, CNN, 6 July 2022 What made researchers dig into the graves of the mountainous landlocked country? Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 16 June 2022 Hungary claims its geography and heritage make abandoning Russian energy impossible— it is landlocked, energy supplies come mainly from the Soviet-era Druzhba pipeline, and most renewables are too expensive. Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 17 May 2022 Once spanning from the coast to the Cascades, the 5th is now landlocked. oregonlive, 30 Apr. 2022 Unfortunately, the village of Pewaukee is landlocked and has very few developable parcels left. Alex Groth, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1622, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

landlocked

adjective

land·​locked ˈland-ˌläkt How to pronounce landlocked (audio)
1
: shut in or nearly shut in by land
a landlocked harbor
2
: kept from leaving fresh water by some barrier
landlocked salmon
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