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单词 land legs
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land legs


plural noun

the ability to adjust one's sense of balance and motion to walking on land, as after a sea journey or flight: It took the astronauts some time to regain their land legs after the long space mission.

Origin of land legs

First recorded in 1870–75; on the model of sea legs

Words nearby land legs

Landini, Landini cadence, Landis, landlady, land lane, land legs, ländler, landless, landline, landlocked, landlocked salmon
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Example sentences from the Web for land legs

  • Stryker, awkward on his land-legs, stumbled and fell in an ill-calculated attempt to hoist himself hastily back into the vehicle.

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