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fore·land
/ˈforlənd, ˈfɔr-/
沿海地區,海角,海岸地
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Fore·land
n.
1.
A
promontory
or
cape
;
a
headland
;
as
,
the
North
and
South
Foreland
in
Kent
,
England
.
2.
Fort.
A
piece
of
ground
between
the
wall
of
a
place
and
the
moat
.
3.
Hydraul. Engin.
That
portion
of
the
natural
shore
on
the
outside
of
the
embankment
which
receives
the
stock
of
waves
and
deadens
their
force
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
foreland
n
1:
a
natural
elevation
(
especially
a
rocky
one
that
juts
out
into
the
sea
) [
syn
:
promontory
,
headland
]
2:
land
forming
the
forward
margin
of
something
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