A landmass is a very large body of land — big enough to think of as one piece on the map, such as a continent, or a huge island that stands on its own in the mind. Geography books love it.

A landmass陸塊 is a very large body of land是一大片土地 big enough to think of as one piece on the map大到可以在地圖上被當成一整塊 such as a continent例如一塊大陸 or a huge island that stands on its own in the mind或是一個獨立存在於概念裡的巨大島嶼 Geography books地理課本 love it很愛用這個字

Eurasia is one landmass even though we split it into Europe and Asia; Africa is a landmass; Greenland is a huge landmass that is not usually called a continent. The word cares about the physical chunk of earth, not about countries or flags. Australia is both a continent and a landmass, which is why textbooks fuss over the difference.

Eurasia歐亞大陸 is one landmass是一個陸塊 even though we split it into Europe and Asia儘管我們把它分成歐洲和亞洲 Africa非洲 is a landmass是一個陸塊 Greenland格陵蘭 is a huge landmass是一個巨大的陸塊 that is not usually called a continent但通常不被稱為大陸 The word這個字 cares about在意的是 the physical chunk of earth實際的一大塊土地 not about countries or flags不是國家或國旗 Australia澳洲 is both a continent and a landmass既是一塊大陸也是一個陸塊 which is why textbooks fuss over the difference這就是為什麼教科書會在意兩者的差別

You would not call a farm, a park, or Taiwan a landmass in careful speech — too small. It is a calm, scientific-sounding word, not poetic.

in careful speech講究一點的話 you would not call你不會把 a farm, a park, or Taiwan一座農場、一座公園，或台灣 a landmass叫做陸塊 too small太小了 It is它是 a calm, scientific-sounding word一個平靜、聽起來科學的字 not poetic不是詩意的

Mass here means a great bulk, not a church service, and not ‘the masses’ of people.

Mass here這裡的 mass means a great bulk指的是一大團 not a church service不是指教堂的彌撒 and not 'the masses' of people也不是指人群的「the masses」