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单词 no man's land
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no man's land


noun

an area between opposing armies, over which no control has been established.
an unowned or unclaimed tract of usually barren land.
an indefinite or ambiguous area where guidelines and authority are not clear: a no man's land between acceptance and rejection.
(in tennis, handball, etc.) the area of a court in which a player is at a tactical disadvantage, as the area of a tennis court about midway between the net and the base line.

Origin of no man's land

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50

Words nearby no man's land

nomadic, nomadism, nomadize, No man can serve two masters, No man is an island, no man's land, nomarch, nomarchy, no-mark, no-mates, no matter
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British Dictionary definitions for no man's land

no-man's-land

noun

land between boundaries, esp an unoccupied zone between opposing forces
an unowned or unclaimed piece of land
an ambiguous area of activity or thought
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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