landscape
US: /ˈɫænˌskeɪp/, /ˈɫændˌskeɪp/
UK: /lˈændskeɪp/
UK: /lˈændskeɪp/
English Vietnamese dictionary
landscape /'lænskeip/
- danh từ
- phong cảnh
- phong cảnh
- động từ
- làm đẹp phong cảnh
- làm nghề xây dựng vườn hoa và công viên
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 [C, usually sing.] everything you can see when you look across a large area of land, especially in the country: the rugged / mountainous / dramatic landscape of Bolivia + the woods and fields that are typical features of the English landscape + an urban / industrial landscape + (figurative) We can expect changes in the political landscape.
2 [C, U] a painting of a view of the countryside; this style of painting: a British artist famous for his landscapes + She specializes in landscapes.
Compare: TOWNSCAPE
3 [U] (technical) the way of printing a document in which the top of the page is one of the longer sides: Select the landscape option when printing the file.
Compare: PORTRAIT
Idioms see BLOT n.
+ verb [VN] to improve the appearance of an area of land by changing the design and planting trees, flowers, etc: landscaped gardens
WHICH WORD?
landscape / scenery / countryside
The following adjectives are frequently used with these nouns: ~ landscape ~ scenery ~ countryside
English beautiful surrounding tab
rural mountain English
natural spectacular open
flat dramatic beautiful
bleak breathtaking rolling
urban coastal unspoilt
The landscape [C] of an area is the way its physical features are arranged: Mountains dominate the Welsh landscape. + an urban landscape.
You use scenery [U] when you are saying that these physical features are attractive to look at: We stopped to admire the scenery.
The country/countryside [U] describes land that is away from towns and cities: When I was a child, I spent a lot of time in the country. + a country house/park/road + the surrounding countryside. The country is more common in this sense but countryside is used especially in official language or when it would not be clear which sense of country is meant:
the Wildlife and Countryside Act.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
prospect, view, scene, aspect, vista, countryside:
Here and there the landscape is dotted with spinneys.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
barren, bleak, dramatic, rocky, rugged
the dramatic landscape of the desert
| beautiful | rural, urban
an urban landscape of factories and skyscrapers
| industrial | winter | lunar | political, social
(both figurative) The political landscape of the country has changed since unemployment rose.
VERB + LANDSCAPE
conserve, preserve, protect
the need to conserve the rural landscape
| dominate
The power station dominates the landscape.
LANDSCAPE + NOUN
architect, gardener | design, gardening | painter, photographer | painting
Concise English dictionary
landscapes|landscaped|landscaping'lænskeɪp
noun
+an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view
+painting depicting an expanse of natural scenery
+a genre of art dealing with the depiction of natural scenery
+an extensive mental viewpoint
verb
+embellish with plants
+do landscape gardening
