borderland是什么意思？

borderland

英[ˈbɔ:dəlænd] 美[ˈbɔrdərlænd]

• n. 边疆，边境，（介乎两种品质或思想、学科等之间的）边缘领域，边地；

复数：borderlands;

例句

• The borderland village is picturesque. 这座边寨风景如画.
• Having offended the emperor, he was exiled to the borderland. 他因得罪了皇上, 而被流配边疆.
• the murky borderland between history and myth 历史与神话之间的边缘领域
• ...on the borderland between sleep and waking. 处于半睡半醒之间

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-SING
  （介乎两种事物之间的）边缘地带，所属不清的状态
  The borderland between two 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.
  例句
  ...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 the borderlands .
  例句
  ...Lebanon's southern borderlands. 黎巴嫩的南部边境地区

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. district consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area;
  "the Welsh marches between England and Wales"