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landslide

/land-slahyd/US // ˈlændˌslaɪd //UK // (ˈlændˌslaɪd) //

山崩地裂,山体滑坡,滑坡

Related Words

avalanche雪崩,山崩,崩塌,崩塌的mudslide泥石流,土石流,泥流,滑坡advantage优势win赢,胜利,赢了,赢得conquest征服,争夺,竞争,争夺战overthrow推翻,推翻了,推倒,打倒sweep扫荡,扫除,清扫,打扫killing杀人,杀害,杀死,扼杀superiority优越性,优势,优越感,优异性defeat挫败,打败,失败,挫折triumph大胜,凯旋,胜利,凯旋门snowslide滑雪橇,雪滑坡,滑雪,雪崩clean sweep一扫而光,一扫而空,大扫除,一扫而过grand slam大满贯,大满贯赛,大满贯得主,大满贯奖

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Also called, especially British, land·slip [land-slip] /ˈlændˌslɪp/ .

    • : the downward falling or sliding of a mass of soil, detritus, or rock on or from a steep slope.
    • : the mass itself.
    • : an election in which a particular victorious candidate or party receives an overwhelming mass or majority of votes: the 1936 landslide for Roosevelt.
    • : any overwhelming victory: She won the contest by a landslide.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    land·slid, land·slid or land·slid·den, land·slid·ing.

    • : to come down in or as in a landslide.
    • : to win an election by an overwhelming majority.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounlandslip
Synonyms
avalanche雪崩,山崩,崩塌,崩塌的mudslide泥石流,土石流,泥流,滑坡rockslide滑坡,岩石滑坡,山崩地裂,岩石滑落earthfall落地,落土,降土,落地生根snowslide滑雪橇,雪滑坡,滑雪,雪崩
noungreat victory
Synonyms
advantage优势conquest征服,争夺,竞争,争夺战defeat挫败,打败,失败,挫折killing杀人,杀害,杀死,扼杀overthrow推翻,推翻了,推倒,打倒superiority优越性,优势,优越感,优异性sweep扫荡,扫除,清扫,打扫triumph大胜,凯旋,胜利,凯旋门win赢,胜利,赢了,赢得clean sweep一扫而光,一扫而空,大扫除,一扫而过grand slam大满贯,大满贯赛,大满贯得主,大满贯奖

Examples

  • The force of the landslide may have actually broken off that piece of hanging glacier, he says.

  • The party won November elections in a landslide, capturing 396 out of 476 seats in the country’s second democratic vote since the end of direct military rule.

  • Voters across the political spectrum spoke loud and clear, passing Prop 22 in a landslide.

  • Aubrey Plaza, of “Parks and Recreation,” won by a landslide.

  • People have lost their lives by seemingly random landslides, and now that this dataset exists scientists can begin to model and predict where and when a cliff might fall after a big storm, say.

  • The election of 1964 produced the most liberal Congress since the Democratic landslide of 1936.

  • We believe in Him by a landslide 74 percent to 26 percent margin.

  • Hispanic Republican moderate Brian Sandoval just won a landslide reelection in Nevada.

  • The Ohio governor is about to score a landslide win in a state Republicans need to win the White House.

  • But after winning a landslide election in his own right, TR unwisely said he would not run for a third term.

  • Val had reached the blocked pass and was already endeavoring to climb up and over the landslide when Gale caught up with her.

  • Lead failed to do it, but God sent the landslide, and you are as good as dead.

  • I was nearly killed in a landslide, and now the men who saved me from that are done for.

  • The falling of the stones had been followed by some dirt, and now a regular landslide came after, burying him up to the armpits.

  • Next instant like a miniature landslide, he went plunging down the perilous slope.

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