| 单词 | inland |
| 释义 | inland (once / 547 pages) adjadv Inland means far away from the ocean, or in the very middle of a country. If you were born and grew up in Kansas, you're familiar with inland living. The opposite of inland is coastal. When you travel to the rocky coast of Maine or the soft sandy beaches of Florida, you're far from being inland — you return to your inland home town when you fly back to Gary, Indiana. Inland comes from the Old English inn lond, "land around the mansion of an estate," and it began to mean "land far from the coast" in the 16th century. WORD FAMILYinland: inlander, inlands USAGE EXAMPLESBeing inland limits the number of internationally touring artists we get, and country and Americana music sometimes overshadow all else. Slate(Dec 27, 2016) Detectives are investigating whether the thief is connected to fires in Irvine and the Inland Empire as well, Bertagna said. Los Angeles Times(Dec 23, 2016) The Inland Empire city started 2016 mourning the losses from a shocking terrorist attack. Los Angeles Times(Dec 21, 2016) 1adj situated away from an area's coast or border Syn|Ant interior, midland, upcountry of or coming from the middle of a region or country landlockedsurrounded entirely or almost entirely by land coastal located on or near or bordering on a coast coastwisealong or following a coast inshoreclose to a shore maritimebordering on or living or characteristic of those near the sea seawarddirected or situated away from inland regions and toward the sea or coast 2adv towards or into the interior of a region the town is five miles inland |
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