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landmark 音标拼音: [l'ændm,ɑrk] n. 界标;陆上明显标志;里程碑 界标;陆上明显标志;里程碑 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" [synonym: {landmark}, {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 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Any conspicuous object on land that serves as a guide; some prominent object, as a hill or steeple. [1913 Webster] 3. A structure that has special significance, such as a building with historical associations; especially, a building that is protected from destruction or alteration by special laws intended to preserve structures of historical significance; as, a landmark preservation law. [PJC] 4. An event or accomplishment of great significance; as, Brown v. Board of Education was a landmark of the civil rights movement. Also used attributively, as a landmark court decision. [PJC] {Landmarks of history}, important events by which eras or conditions are determined. [1913 Webster] 68 Moby Thesaurus words for "landmark": bench mark, bookmark, cairn, cardinal point, catstone, chief thing, climax, core, cornerstone, crisis, critical, critical point, crucial, crux, essence, essential, essential matter, feature, fundamental, gist, gravamen, great point, guide, guidepost, heart, high point, historic, identification, important, important thing, issue, kernel, keystone, lighthouse, lightship, main point, main thing, major, mark, marker, material point, meat, menhir, milepost, milestone, momentous, monument, notable, noteworthy, nub, pharos, pith, pivot, pivotal, platform, real issue, salient point, seamark, significant, sine qua non, substance, substantive point, the bottom line, the point, tower, turning point, watchtower, watershed Landmark a boundary line indicated by a stone, stake, etc. (Deut. 19:14; 27:17; Prov. 22:28; 23:10; Job 24:2). Landmarks could not be removed without incurring the severe displeasure of God.
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