inland
adj[usu attrib 通常作定語]
1
(a) situated in the interior of a country, not by the sea or by a frontier 內陸的; 內地的
inland areas, towns, waterways, etc 內陸的地區、 城鎮、 水路等. Cf 參看 coastal (coast1).
(b) (of a sea) (almost) surrounded by land or islands (指海)(幾乎)被陸地或島嶼包圍的
an inland sea such as the Caspian 如里海那樣的內海.
2 (commerce 商 esp Brit) carried on or obtained inside a country 國內的
inland trade, ie domestic trade, as opposed to imports and exports 國內貿易(與進出口貿易相對).
inland adv in or towards the interior 在內地; 在內陸; 向內地; 向內陸
They live inland. 他們住在內地.
move further inland 更深入地向內地遷移.