- [uncountable, countable] (literary)
the act of arriving on land after a long journey by sea or by air, or the land that you first see or arrive at (航海或飞行后)踏上陆地;初见的陆地;初次踏足的陆地 After three weeks they made landfall on the coast of Ireland. 三个星期之后,他们登上了爱尔兰的海岸。 Hurricane Katrina roared across the Gulf of Mexico before making landfall. 卡特里娜飓风在登陆前咆哮着穿过墨西哥湾。 San Salvador is thought to be the original landfall of Christopher Columbus. 圣萨尔瓦多被认为是克里斯托弗·哥伦布的最初登陆地。
- (also landslide)[countable]
a mass of earth, rock, etc. that falls down the slope of a mountain or a cliff (山坡或悬崖的)崩塌,塌方,滑坡,地滑