landbridgeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From land (noun) +‎ bridge (noun).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA: /ˈlænd ˌbɹɪd͡ʒ/

名詞

land bridge (plural land bridges)

1. (biology, geography) An isthmus or other land connection between landmasses, chiefly one which existed during prehistoric times, by which it is theorized that animals and plants were able to spread from one landmass to another.
2. (rail transport, road transport) A relatively fast rail or road route over land, especially one for transporting goods.
   • 2021 December 29, Philip Haigh, “Rail’s Role in Unifying Great Britain and Northern Ireland”, in Rail, number 947, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 25:

     His reference to waves of lorries on the A55 that match ferry schedules may become dated. Until very recently, the A55 formed part of a land bridge between Ireland and continental Europe. However, when Britain left the European Union, ferries started to ply a direct sea link from Ireland, […]

別の表記

• landbridge, land-bridge

派生語

• De Geer Land Bridge

Further reading

• land bridge on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• land bridge (rail) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• land bridge (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “land-bridge, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, September 2025.

• “land bridge, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

アナグラム

• bladdering, Bridgeland