landscape
UK/'lændskeip/US
NGSL 2kIELTSTOEFLA2
Definitions
n.
All the visible features of an area of land; the scenery
风景，景色；地貌
n.
A painting or photograph of natural scenery
风景画，风景照
n.
The overall shape or state of a situation
（局势的）格局，态势
v.
To improve the appearance of an area of land by altering its features
美化（景观），做园林布置
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedland + -scape, an old suffix meaning 'the shape or condition of a region' (same element as in seascape). So a landscape is the overall shape of a stretch of land. The word later extended to paintings of scenery, to page orientation, and figuratively to the 'shape' of any situation: the political landscape.
Root land still carries 17 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.landscape painting风景画
- 2.landscape design景观设计
- 3.political landscape政治格局
- 4.landscape architecture景观建筑
Example Sentences
- 1.
The train wound through a landscape of rolling green hills.
- 2.
She paints landscapes of the coast where she grew up.
- 3.
New technology is reshaping the entire media landscape.