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 landfall ['lænd`fɔl]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 初见陆地, 到达陆地, 着陆



    landfall
    [ noun ]
    1. the seacoast first sighted on a voyage (or flight over water)

    2. <noun.object>
    3. the first sighting of land from the sea after a voyage (or flight over water)

    4. <noun.act>


    Landfall \Land"fall\, n.
    1. A sudden transference of property in land by the death of
    its owner.

    2. (Naut.) Sighting or making land when at sea.

    {A good landfall} (Naut.), the sighting of land in conformity
    with the navigator's reckoning and expectation.

    1. But geologists say even though there is evidence of a flood in Mesopotamia in Sumerian times, they maintain it is not possible for a ship to make landfall at an altitude as high as Mount Ararat.
    2. It would be very unusual for Erin to make landfall in the United States from its present position, Mayfield said.
    3. As the reader ponders these lines, at least three out of 10 boat people just setting out to sea will most probably not make landfall.
    4. The calm eye at the heart of the hurricane made landfall about 120 miles south of Brownsville at 4:35 p.m. CDT, in Tamaulipas state, said Mark Zimmer, meteorologist at the National Hurricane Center in Coral Gables, Fla.
    5. I had too much personality inside me to become that android." Hurricane Joan's 80 mph winds churned across the open Caribbean today on an unusual southern path that has forecasters puzzling over its potential strength and possible landfall.
    6. "It is these coastal areas, not so much the Gulf Coast, that will likely see the largest upswing in landfall of intense hurricanes when a long period of heavier rainfall returns again to West Africa," Gray said.
    7. Guernsey is the most convenient landfall between Britain and Spain and the Mediterranean.' Conseiller Perry adds: 'It takes up to 12 hours to reach here from the Solent.
    8. The storm first began bashing India's southeastern coast with heavy rains and tidal surges Tuesday, and it made landfall Wednesday evening hitting coastal districts along the Bay of Bengal with winds up to 155 mph.
    9. Even in Houston, north of the most likely landfall and about 50 miles inland, the threat of Gilbert had an effect.
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