landfall的词源

英文词源

landfall (n.)

"sighting of land," 1620s, also "the first land 'made' on a sea voyage;" from land (v.1) + fall (v.) in the sense of "happen." From the days of imprecise nautical navigation.

Land-fall. The first land discovered after a sea voyage. Thus a good land fall implies the land expected or desired; a bad landfall the reverse. [John Hamilton Moore, "The New Practical Navigator," London, 1814]

Of hurricanes, by 1932.

中文词源

landfall：滑坡，着陆

land,土地，fall,滑落。即滑坡，同时也用于指着陆，特别是长期航海后回到陆地。

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