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Inland describes a place that is away from the coast, more toward the middle of a country, not near the sea. You can also use it as an adverb — 'they traveled inland' means they moved away from the coast, further into the country.
內陸的；向內陸（副詞）
組成in + land
同家族的字
- landthe base word — inland describes being further 'in' toward the land, away from the sea
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
inlandadj/ˈɪnlənd/
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Within the land; relatively remote from the ocean or from open water; interior.
- an inland town
- In this wide Inland ſea, that hight by name / The Idle lake, my wandring ſhip I row, […]
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Limited to the land, or to inland routes; not passing on, or over, the sea.
- inland commerce
- inland navigation
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Confined to one country or state; domestic; not foreign.
- an inland bill of exchange
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archaicOf a sophisticated background, especially as relates to a royal court or national capital.
- inland bred
- You touch'd my vein at first: the thorny point of bare distress hath ta'en from me the show of smooth civility; yet am I inland bred, and know some nurture.
inlandnoun/ˈɪnlənd/
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The interior part of a country.
- a wall sufficient to defend Our inland from the pilfering borderers.
inlandadv/ˈɪnlənd/
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Into, or towards, the interior of the land, away from the coast.
- The greatest waves of population have rolled inland from the east.
- He heard much that did not interest him—of the journey inland, of the face of the country, the surprising weather, the great work of irrigation and the other impressive wonders of man and nature. These things could be got from books […]
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。