单词 | land bridge |
释义 | land bridgeSEE SYNONYMS FOR land bridge ON THESAURUS.COM nounGeology. an actual or hypothetical strip of land, subject to submergence, that connects adjacent continental landmasses and serves as a route of dispersal for plants and animals: a prehistoric land bridge between Asia and North America. a transcontinental rail route between countries, as those in Europe and the Far East, considered faster and less costly than all-sea routes. Also land·bridge [land-brij]. /ˈlændˌbrɪdʒ/. Origin of land bridgeFirst recorded in 1895–1900 Words nearby land bridgeLandau-Kleffner syndrome, landaulet, land bank, landboard, land breeze, land bridge, land contract, land crab, Land Dayak, Landdrost, landed Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for land bridge
British Dictionary definitions for land bridgeland bridge noun(in zoogeography) a connecting tract of land between two continents, enabling animals to pass from one continent to the other Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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