Upland
['ʌplənd]
解釋/意思:
(n.) High land; ground elevated above the meadows and intervals which lie on the banks of rivers, near the sea, or between hills; land which is generally dry; -- opposed to lowland, meadow, marsh, swamp, interval, and the like.
(n.) The country, as distinguished from the neighborhood of towns.
(a.) Of or pertaining to uplands; being on upland; high in situation; as, upland inhabitants; upland pasturage.
(a.) Pertaining to the country, as distinguished from the neighborhood of towns; rustic; rude; unpolished.
整理:奥利维亚
解釋/意思:
n. upper or high land as opposed to meadows river-sides &c.—adj. high in situation: pertaining to uplands.—n. Up′lander.—adj. Up′landish (obs.).
希勒尔錄入
例句/造句/用法:
- But in upland hamlets the transition from a-bed to abroad is surprisingly swift and easy. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- The scene was strangely homogeneous, in that the vale, the upland, the barrow, and the figure above it amounted only to unity. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- On every continent, in proceeding from north to south, from lowland to upland, etc. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- The webbed feet of the upland goose may be said to have become almost rudimentary in function, though not in structure. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- Away beyond the dawn of history, 3000 or 4000 years ago, one thinks of the Wiltshire uplands in the twilight of a midsummer day's morning. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- I was in the service of a farmer; and with crook in hand, my dog at my side, I shepherded a numerous flock on the near uplands. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
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