Word · Frequency #24770
landfall
初见陆地
the seacoast first sighted on a voyage (or flight over water)
- 1.
An arrival at the shore by a ship, or sighting of the shore from a ship.
船只到达岸边,或在船上看到陆地。
- 2.
the seacoast first sighted on a voyage (or flight over water)
航行中首次见到的海岸
- 3.
The point at which a hurricane or similar storm reaches land.
飓风或类似风暴登陆的地点。
- 4.
the first sighting of land from the sea after a voyage (or flight over water)
从海上首次看到陆地
- 5.
A landslip.
滑坡。
船只到达岸边,或在船上看到陆地。；航行中首次见到的海岸；飓风或类似风暴登陆的地点。；从海上首次看到陆地；滑坡。
In use
After three weeks at sea, the crew finally made landfall on the coast of Portugal.
The flight attendant pointed out the window, saying that our first landfall would be the islands below.
The captain wrote the exact time of the landfall in the ship's log before sunset.
make landfall in/at [place]
make landfall 是固定搭配，指风暴或船只经过水域后抵达陆地，常用于气象报道。
The storm made landfall in Florida.
风暴在佛罗里达州登陆。
be the first landfall for [person]
landfall 有“首次看到陆地”的含义，first landfall 强调航行中第一个见到的陆地；后用 for 引出航行的人。
The islands were the first landfall for the explorers.
这些岛屿是探险者航行中第一个见到的陆地。
Common mistakes
Connections
Collocations
- make landfall
- 登陆，首次抵达陆地
- The typhoon will make landfall on the coast tomorrow.台风将于明天登陆海岸。
- first landfall
- 首次见到陆地
- After weeks at sea, the sailors celebrated their first landfall.在海上数周后，水手们庆祝首次见到陆地。
- landfall point
- 登陆点
- The landfall point was a small island in the Pacific.登陆点是太平洋中的一个小岛。
- hurricane landfall
- 飓风登陆
- Hurricane landfall often leads to severe flooding.飓风登陆常常导致严重的洪水。
Idioms & figurative uses
- make landfall
- 登陆；抵达陆地The hurricane made landfall in Louisiana last night.飓风昨晚在路易斯安那州登陆。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：land（陆地）+ fall（落下），航行中陆地“落入”眼帘，即初见陆地。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：航海日志、气象预报、航空导航 通常用于航海、航空和气象语境，多出现在书面或正式报道中，日常口语中较少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words end in the same /fɔl/ sound as the final syllable of landfall /ˈlændˌfɔl/. Beware of lookalikes: land is /lænd/ and does not rhyme, landfill /ˈlændfɪl/ ends in /fɪl/, and foul /faʊl/ looks like fall but is pronounced differently.
Learn the forms together
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