資料來源 : pyDict
界標;陸上明顯標志;里程碑
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Landmark \Land"mark`\, n. [AS. landmearc. See {Land}, and {Mark}
a sign.]
1. A mark to designate the boundary of land; any, mark or
fixed object (as a marked tree, a stone, a ditch, or a
heap of stones) by which the limits of a farm, a town, or
other portion of territory may be known and preserved.
2. Any conspicuous object on land that serves as a guide;
some prominent object, as a hill or steeple.
{Landmarks of history}, important events by which eras or
conditions are determined.
資料來源 : WordNet®
landmark
n 1: the position of a prominent or well-known object in a
particular landscape; "the church steeple provided a
convenient landmark"
2: an event marking a unique or important historical change of
course or one on which important developments depend; "the
agreement was a watershed in the history of both nations"
[syn: {turning point}, {watershed}]
3: a mark showing the boundary of a piece of land
4: an anatomical structure used as a point of origin in
locating other anatomical structures (as in surgery) or as
point from which measurements can be taken