Landslide



GRE TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 山崩; 压倒性胜利
• ［英］ n. 山崩;压倒性胜利 ( overwhelming victory)
• ［类］ deluge : droplet / landslide : peddle ( 大暴雨:小水滴 / 山崩:小卵石)
• ［记］ 组合词:land ( 地) +slide ( 滑行) -> 地向下滑 -> 山崩

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Date: 1838
• 1. the usually rapid downward movement of a mass of rock, earth, or artificial fill on a slope; also the mass that moves down
• 2.
  • a. a great majority of votes for one side
  • b. an overwhelming victory

II. intransitive verb (landslid; landsliding)

• Date: 1926
• 1. to produce a landslide
• 2. to win an election by a heavy majority

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