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Definition of landmark in English: landmarknoun ˈlan(d)mɑːkˈlæn(d)ˌmɑrk 1An object or feature of a landscape or town that is easily seen and recognized from a distance, especially one that enables someone to establish their location. 地标，标志性建筑 the spire was once a landmark for ships sailing up the river 塔尖曾是河上航船的陆标。 Example sentencesExamples - Yesterday when they went in Robert Green said he was able to recognize a landmark.
- ‘It can be a landmark they recognize or a beach they were on,’ Rosenthal said.
- Gamers familiar with some tracks will easily be able to pick out certain landmarks or other features from their real-life counterparts.
- Don't just look for landmarks and terrain features, take their measure, too.
- Daniel has photographed participants in the projects and their families at familiar landmarks around the town.
- Towering over Potato Market, it has engrained itself into the psyche of the town and has become a recognised landmark.
- It paints a very recognisable picture of Swindon, mentioning the train station and other landmarks in the town centre.
- Other episodes use spectacular photography to show Australia's tropical rainforests, swamps, wildlife, deserts, seas and natural landmarks.
- The clock was always there and was a terrific landmark for the town.
- He looked around, recognizing the familiar landmarks and geography of Pommer Inn.
- Just over the Yorkshire border, Stoodley Pike is a prominent landmark overlooking the textile towns of Calderdale.
- The depiction of Tralee past and present incorporates a streets scene and a map of the town identifying major landmarks.
- Each evening they present a slide show of the next day's features so you can recognise the landmarks on the journey through.
- Survey work on one of Old Town's most familiar landmarks has been carried out this week.
- Acquire a ten-digit grid location of a landmark easily picked out on imagery such as a road intersection.
- The chairperson also remarked she was delighted to be able to plant such a special Easter tree and hoped it would grow big and strong to become a recognised landmark in the town.
- It would be a shame to lose it - it is the landmark of the town centre.
- While at sea, he sketched the coastlines, reckoned distances between landmarks, and carefully observed the winds and the tides.
- Mr Dodds' theory is based on a map, clearly showing the town's landmarks, which was supposedly drawn up in 1974.
- I recognize familiar landmarks along my way, little stores, bits of graffiti, the gate with all the metal horseheads on it.
Synonyms marker, mark, indicator, guiding light, leading light, signal, beacon, lodestar, sign - 1.1North American A building or monument of historical importance.
〈北美〉有历史意义的建筑；有历史意义的纪念碑 the entire town has been designated a National Historic Landmark Example sentencesExamples - Each year millions of tourists visit Italy to see the country's cultural and historical landmarks such as the Colosseum in Rome and the Greek ruins in Sicily.
- The historical landmarks were to them simply places to meet, greet and handle daily business.
- The Museum itself is a landmark on the European historical scene, covering hundreds of years of German-Jewish history.
- To most people, the Empire State Building is the defining landmark of New York City.
- A well-maintained, but hard to find trail leads from the main road to the John Jay cemetery, which I presume is a historical landmark.
- From here you can gaze out at some of Scotland's most historical landmarks while, beneath you, in the four floors below, sit the artefacts which chart the history of our country.
- Neon lights, theatrically lighted landmarks and monuments, and carnivals all present picture opportunities that don't show up by daylight.
- With its forts, palaces, temples, walls and lanes, East Fort is a landmark among the heritage monuments not only of the city, but also of the State.
- The Rock of Cashel tops the list of the most popular historical landmarks in the country with more than 100,000 visitors annually.
- Once moving, the route took riders through the downtown Washington area, past the most noted monuments and landmarks.
- Only a trip to the land and a chance to walk the historical landmarks would help him put to rest and understand that portion of the myth.
- All the Smithsonian museums have pretty much the same hours, so this was my signal to head outdoors and check out some more monuments and landmarks.
- This is especially desirable if you own a historical landmark and wish for it to be restored to its former appearance.
- We must continue to bear security checks at our major sporting events, our theme parks, and our major historic landmarks and buildings.
- As a heritage trail, the park includes a network of major cultural landmarks, principal monuments, historic sites and open spaces.
- But his birth home in Epworth, in Greenwood County, S.C., has become a historical landmark.
- The Whitney may be a historical landmark itself at this point, but that doesn't make it a beautiful building.
- You can visit historical landmarks such as Fort Louisbourg and Halifax Citadel.
- It asks if attacks are likely on U.S. cities, buildings or landmarks by the end of this year.
- It's been declared a historical landmark, so it's basically off-limits to any repainting.
Synonyms monument, distinctive/prominent feature, sight, spectacle - 1.2historical The boundary of an area of land, or an object marking this.
〈史〉边界；界碑 at certain points of the boundary the men would beat the landmark with their sticks Example sentencesExamples - It's a landmark and a county boundary that links East to West.
Synonyms boundary marker, demarcator, boundary line, boundary fence, pale, picket Architecture terminus
2An event or discovery marking an important stage or turning point in something. 里程碑（指有划时代意义的重大事件，或转折点）；有重大意义的事情 the vaccine is a landmark in the history of preventive medicine Example sentencesExamples - Recently the parliamentary elections were held in Uzbekistan which become an important landmark in further democratization of the country.
- The 1812 Patriotic War was an important landmark in the evolution of military engineering.
- The Waldheim affair was a major landmark in the way Austrians considered their past.
- For all those included in the anthology, it is an important landmark in their careers as writers.
- But equally important to the landmark leaps of knowledge is the continuous assessment of current knowledge.
- The Human Genome project is due to be completed this year - an important landmark in our human history.
- The decision has been hailed by union leaders as a landmark in granting constitutional rights for trade union activity in a number of other employment sectors.
- But I know that it will be an important landmark in film history, whether it all comes together or not.
- Historians consider the Louisiana Purchase to be a landmark event or turning point in American history.
- It's a terrific theatrical experience and remains a landmark in modern Handel productions.
- The mobile phone is an important landmark in the field of communication, but it is often misused by the people.
- In 1960 he helped organize the first Situation exhibition, an important landmark in British abstract art.
- The 400,000-strong demo in London organised by the Stop the War Coalition and the Muslim Association of Britain was a landmark in British politics.
- This shift in the Southeast Asian perception of China is an important landmark in China-Southeast Asian relations.
- WTO accession is an important landmark in Taiwan's industrial transformation, as well as in cross-strait trade.
- The landmark decision sets an important legal precedent and will send shivers down the spine of wealthy entrepreneurs whose marriages are under threat.
- The initial event was considered a landmark in the country's independence struggle.
- It was a landmark in protests in Britain and throughout the world, and was the beginning of Britain being seen as one of the centres of the anti-war movement internationally.
- The launching of the convertibility regime was a landmark in the 1990s in Argentina.
- The National Pension Program is an important landmark in Taiwan's evolution toward a welfare state.
Synonyms turning point, milestone, watershed, critical point, historic event, major achievement crisis, divide
Definition of landmark in US English: landmarknounˈlæn(d)ˌmɑrkˈlan(d)ˌmärk 1An object or feature of a landscape or town that is easily seen and recognized from a distance, especially one that enables someone to establish their location. 地标，标志性建筑 the spire was once a landmark for ships sailing up the river 塔尖曾是河上航船的陆标。 Example sentencesExamples - Each evening they present a slide show of the next day's features so you can recognise the landmarks on the journey through.
- It paints a very recognisable picture of Swindon, mentioning the train station and other landmarks in the town centre.
- Acquire a ten-digit grid location of a landmark easily picked out on imagery such as a road intersection.
- The depiction of Tralee past and present incorporates a streets scene and a map of the town identifying major landmarks.
- While at sea, he sketched the coastlines, reckoned distances between landmarks, and carefully observed the winds and the tides.
- The chairperson also remarked she was delighted to be able to plant such a special Easter tree and hoped it would grow big and strong to become a recognised landmark in the town.
- He looked around, recognizing the familiar landmarks and geography of Pommer Inn.
- It would be a shame to lose it - it is the landmark of the town centre.
- Just over the Yorkshire border, Stoodley Pike is a prominent landmark overlooking the textile towns of Calderdale.
- Mr Dodds' theory is based on a map, clearly showing the town's landmarks, which was supposedly drawn up in 1974.
- Don't just look for landmarks and terrain features, take their measure, too.
- Survey work on one of Old Town's most familiar landmarks has been carried out this week.
- Yesterday when they went in Robert Green said he was able to recognize a landmark.
- Towering over Potato Market, it has engrained itself into the psyche of the town and has become a recognised landmark.
- The clock was always there and was a terrific landmark for the town.
- Other episodes use spectacular photography to show Australia's tropical rainforests, swamps, wildlife, deserts, seas and natural landmarks.
- I recognize familiar landmarks along my way, little stores, bits of graffiti, the gate with all the metal horseheads on it.
- Gamers familiar with some tracks will easily be able to pick out certain landmarks or other features from their real-life counterparts.
- ‘It can be a landmark they recognize or a beach they were on,’ Rosenthal said.
- Daniel has photographed participants in the projects and their families at familiar landmarks around the town.
Synonyms marker, mark, indicator, guiding light, leading light, signal, beacon, lodestar, sign - 1.1historical The boundary of an area of land, or an object marking this.
〈史〉边界；界碑 Example sentencesExamples - It's a landmark and a county boundary that links East to West.
Synonyms boundary marker, demarcator, boundary line, boundary fence, pale, picket
2An event, discovery, or change marking an important stage or turning point in something. 里程碑（指有划时代意义的重大事件，或转折点）；有重大意义的事情 the birth of a child is an important landmark in the lives of all concerned 一个孩子的出生是所有与此有关者的人生大事。 as modifier a landmark decision 有划时代意义的决定。 Example sentencesExamples - In 1960 he helped organize the first Situation exhibition, an important landmark in British abstract art.
- Historians consider the Louisiana Purchase to be a landmark event or turning point in American history.
- WTO accession is an important landmark in Taiwan's industrial transformation, as well as in cross-strait trade.
- It was a landmark in protests in Britain and throughout the world, and was the beginning of Britain being seen as one of the centres of the anti-war movement internationally.
- The landmark decision sets an important legal precedent and will send shivers down the spine of wealthy entrepreneurs whose marriages are under threat.
- The 400,000-strong demo in London organised by the Stop the War Coalition and the Muslim Association of Britain was a landmark in British politics.
- The mobile phone is an important landmark in the field of communication, but it is often misused by the people.
- The decision has been hailed by union leaders as a landmark in granting constitutional rights for trade union activity in a number of other employment sectors.
- The 1812 Patriotic War was an important landmark in the evolution of military engineering.
- The launching of the convertibility regime was a landmark in the 1990s in Argentina.
- But I know that it will be an important landmark in film history, whether it all comes together or not.
- The National Pension Program is an important landmark in Taiwan's evolution toward a welfare state.
- But equally important to the landmark leaps of knowledge is the continuous assessment of current knowledge.
- The Human Genome project is due to be completed this year - an important landmark in our human history.
- For all those included in the anthology, it is an important landmark in their careers as writers.
- The initial event was considered a landmark in the country's independence struggle.
- This shift in the Southeast Asian perception of China is an important landmark in China-Southeast Asian relations.
- Recently the parliamentary elections were held in Uzbekistan which become an important landmark in further democratization of the country.
- It's a terrific theatrical experience and remains a landmark in modern Handel productions.
- The Waldheim affair was a major landmark in the way Austrians considered their past.
Synonyms turning point, milestone, watershed, critical point, historic event, major achievement
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