borderland

英 [ˈbɔːdəlænd]

美 [ˈbɔːrdərlænd]

n.  边疆; 边境; (介乎两种品质或思想、学科等之间的)边缘领域

复数：borderlands　

BNC.26927 / COCA.20314

牛津词典

noun

• 边疆；边境
  an area of land close to a border between two countries
• （介乎两种品质或思想、学科等之间的）边缘领域
  an area between two qualities, ideas or subjects that has features of both but is not clearly one or the other
  1. the murky borderland between history and myth
     历史与神话之间的边缘领域

柯林斯词典

• N-SING （介乎两种事物之间的）边缘地带，所属不清的状态
  Theborderland betweentwo things is an area which contains features from both of these things so that it is not possible to say that it belongs to one or the other.
  1. ...on the borderland between sleep and waking.
     处于半睡半醒之间
• N-COUNT 边疆；边境地区
  The area of land close to the border between two countries or major areas can be called theborderlands.
  1. ...Lebanon's southern borderlands.
     黎巴嫩的南部边境地区

英英释义

noun

• district consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area
  1. the Welsh marches between England and Wales
  Synonym:border districtmarchmarchland

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