lay of the land

地貌,地势,地貌特征,地形图

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : the general state or condition of affairs under consideration; the facts of a situation: We asked a few questions to get the lay of the land.

noungeneral status

Synonyms

France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
For every nanosecond that I miraculously lift off the ground, I land with an inordinately loud thud.
One police officer was coolly dispatched as he lay wounded on the sidewalk.
Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
A small book, bound in full purple calf, lay half hidden in a nest of fine tissue paper on the dressing-table.
Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
Then with your victorious legions you can march south and help drive the Yankee invaders from the land.
The seed of discontent was again germinating under the duplicity of the Spanish lay and clerical authorities.
It is a lofty and richly-decorated pile of the fourteenth century; and tells of the labours and the wealth of a foreign land.

地貌,地势,地貌特征,地形图

n.名词 noun

1
- : the general state or condition of affairs under consideration; the facts of a situation: We asked a few questions to get the lay of the land.

noungeneral status

Synonyms

France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
For every nanosecond that I miraculously lift off the ground, I land with an inordinately loud thud.
One police officer was coolly dispatched as he lay wounded on the sidewalk.
Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
A small book, bound in full purple calf, lay half hidden in a nest of fine tissue paper on the dressing-table.
Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
Then with your victorious legions you can march south and help drive the Yankee invaders from the land.
The seed of discontent was again germinating under the duplicity of the Spanish lay and clerical authorities.
It is a lofty and richly-decorated pile of the fourteenth century; and tells of the labours and the wealth of a foreign land.