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moun·tain·ous
maUn t ns
mountainously (adv.), mountainousness (n.)
词根:mountain
n.mountain 山;山脉
Adjective
1. having hills and crags;
"hilly terrain"
2. like a mountain in size and impressiveness;
"mountainous waves"
"a mountainous dark man"
3. containing many mountains
mountainous terrain山岭区
"14世纪晚期, mounteinous,意为“富含或以山脉为特征”,源自 mountain 和 -ous,或者源自中世纪拉丁语 montaniosus,来自通俗拉丁语 *montaneosus “山区的”,源自 *montanea。
Middle English mounteynous, borrowed from Anglo-French muntaignus, from muntaigne, mountaigne mountain + -us -ous
The first known use of mountainous was in the 14th century
mountingnoun
something that serves as a mount : support a mounting for a diamond
a mounting for an engine
mount1 of 3noun
mountain—used especially before an identifying name
Mount Everest
mount2 of 3verb
rise entry 1 sense 5a, ascend
to go up : climb
mount a ladder
to get up onto something
mount a platform
to furnish with riding animals or vehicles
mounted infantry
to increase rapidly in amount
mounting debts
to prepare for use, examination, or display especially by fastening in position on a support mount a specimen
mount a picture on cardboard
to furnish with scenery and costumes : stage
to place in position for the purpose of defense or observation
mounted some guards
mount3 of 3noun
frame, support: as
a jewelry setting
a glass slide on which objects are placed for examination under a microscope
saddle horse
mount1 of 3noun
mountain—used especially before an identifying name
Mount Everest
mount2 of 3verb
rise entry 1 sense 5a, ascend
to go up : climb
mount a ladder
to get up onto something
mount a platform
to furnish with riding animals or vehicles
mounted infantry
to increase rapidly in amount
mounting debts
to prepare for use, examination, or display especially by fastening in position on a support mount a specimen
mount a picture on cardboard
to furnish with scenery and costumes : stage
to place in position for the purpose of defense or observation
mounted some guards
mount3 of 3noun
frame, support: as
a jewelry setting
a glass slide on which objects are placed for examination under a microscope
saddle horse
mountebanknoun
a person who peddles fake medicines (as at fairs and carnivals) by trickery
a boastful dishonest pretender : charlatan
mountebanknoun
a person who peddles fake medicines (as at fairs and carnivals) by trickery
a boastful dishonest pretender : charlatan
mountebanknoun
a person who peddles fake medicines (as at fairs and carnivals) by trickery
a boastful dishonest pretender : charlatan
mountaintopnoun
the peak of a mountain
mountainsidenoun
the side of a mountain
mountainnoun
an elevation higher than a hill
a great mass or huge number
a mountain of mail
mountainousadjective
having many mountains
resembling a mountain : huge
1 I gazed around at the horizon, which was just a jagged green vector line, denoting mountainous terrain.
2 the seemingly mountainous obstacles he had to overcome while growing up
3 To the west, the lavender mainland rises through summer haze; the island Levanzo is a blue-black triangle due north; the spine of mountainous Marettimo rears to the east.
4 Here the high mountainous terrain is covered with forests.
高山上布满森林。
5 A good 70% of the country is mountainous, and thanks to a hiking boom that has swept the nation over the past decade, trains, buses, mountain huts and trailheads are easy to access and well-maintained.
6 Matloff, a veteran war correspondent, was curious why so many of the world’s conflicts take place in mountainous regions.
7 But the wines from the mountainous areas in the north, along the border with Austria, are a cut above in quality as well as altitude.
8 Later, in Delhi, Stack hired Mary and Pooja, women from the mountainous region between Bhutan and Nepal who had also left their children in the care of relatives.
9 Tusnad paid for the drilling rights by sending the central authorities in Bucharest a train load of potatoes, the main crop in this mountainous region.
10 It’s hard to fly in a mountainous area.
11 I was sitting in the carpeted meditation hall of an 1,100-year-old Buddhist temple in Koyasan, in a mountainous region of southeastern Japan.
12 Our country is very mountainous.
我国是一个多山的国家。
13 Blubbering and still running, the red, mountainous man was in the room once more.
14 The landscape gradually becomes both mountainous and more verdant as you approach the town of Graaff-Reinet, the gem of the Karoo.
15 Fermentation, says Park, creates an essential flavor in the Korean repertoire, a technique that made it possible for the ancients to eat well even as they traveled through the country’s famously mountainous terrain.
16 Instead of a mountainous path enveloped by spruce and firs, we were hitting the open road.
17 A mountainous 10-hour journey to Marrakech along one of the “world’s worst roads”, littered with accident debris, and I nearly died of fright every time we turned a corner.
18 The small town of Camlihemsin sits in the mountainous province of Rize, in northeastern Turkey, some 10 miles inland from the Black Sea.
19 Neu! take mountainous great chords that pick their way over simple, fist-punching drums and arpeggiated melody lines to create a triumphant, victorious sort of euphoria with only the tiniest hints of a nagging undercurrent.
20 The terrain is mostly mountainous, with fast flowing rivers and few forests.
地形上几乎大部分是山地,河流湍急,植被稀少。
3 巨大
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6 山的
8 多山
9 山多的
10 巨大的
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