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intervale

/in-ter-veyl/US // ˈɪn tərˌveɪl //

间谷,中间地带,谷间,谷间地

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Chiefly New England.

    • : a low-lying tract of land along a river.

Examples

  • As far down as Mayence or Mentz (55 miles), the low banks and broad intervale continue, and there is little worthy of notice.

  • And in company with three other extremely rich men he arranged, once a year, a Field Day for the town of Intervale.

  • All through the spring and early summer months, boys were in training for miles around, getting ready for Intervale's Field Day.

  • Howe's division was next in line, where the Rebel batteries had full sweep of the broad intervale.

  • The river rolled gently along with plenty of depth, and beyond it was another beach, and then the swelling intervale.