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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。
初见陆地
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初见陆地
the seacoast first sighted on a voyage (or flight over water)
The storm made landfall in Florida.
风暴在佛罗里达州登陆。
船只到达岸边,或在船上看到陆地。
An arrival at the shore by a ship, or sighting of the shore from a ship.
航行中首次见到的海岸
the seacoast first sighted on a voyage (or flight over water)
飓风或类似风暴登陆的地点。
The point at which a hurricane or similar storm reaches land.
从海上首次看到陆地
the first sighting of land from the sea after a voyage (or flight over water)
After three weeks at sea, the crew finally made landfall on the coast of Portugal.
在海上航行三周后，船员们终于抵达葡萄牙海岸。
The flight attendant pointed out the window, saying that our first landfall would be the islands below.
乘务员指着窗外说，我们首先看到的陆地会是下方的岛屿。
The captain wrote the exact time of the landfall in the ship's log before sunset.
船长在日落前把看到陆地的确切时间写进了航海日志。
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。
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。
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The typhoon landfalled in Fujian.
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The typhoon made landfall in Fujian.
landfall 是名词，不是动词；汉语里的“登陆”常被误用作动词。英语中表示“登陆”需用动词短语 make landfall。
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After the flight, the plane made a safe landfall.
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After the flight, the plane made a safe landing.
landfall 指从海上或空中首次看到陆地，不指飞机在跑道上着落；着落应说 landing。这是受中文释义里“着陆”干扰造成的误用。
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The hurricane made a landfall near Miami.
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The hurricane made landfall near Miami.
make landfall 是固定搭配，landfall 前不加冠词；受普通可数名词用法影响而加 a 是错误的。
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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。
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。
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。
飓风登陆
Hurricane landfall often leads to severe flooding.
飓风登陆常常导致严重的洪水。
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。
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联想：land（陆地）+ fall（落下），航行中陆地“落入”眼帘，即初见陆地。
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。
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.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.