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mountains

/moun-tn/US // ˈmaʊn tn //UK // (ˈmaʊntɪn) //

山区,山地,山脉,山上

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a natural elevation of the earth's surface rising more or less abruptly to a summit, and attaining an altitude greater than that of a hill, usually greater than 2,000 feet.
    • : a large mass of something resembling this, as in shape or size.
    • : a huge amount: a mountain of incoming mail.
    • : a steam locomotive having a four-wheeled front truck, eight driving wheels, and a two-wheeled rear truck.
    • : Also called mountain wine .British Archaic. a sweet Malaga wine.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to mountains: mountain air.
    • : living, growing, or located in the mountains: mountain people.
    • : resembling or suggesting a mountain, as in size.

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Examples

  • At the moment, you are racing against three other riders up one of the mountains.

  • They lowered the price of gasoline, charging less than the station at the bottom of the mountain and less than the stations up in Shaver.

  • At the park’s eastern Rincon Mountain District, mountain bikers will find a section of singletrack that links to more than 800 miles of dirt riding along the Arizona Trail.

  • Crack a cold one after a race, a hard session, or a long day in the mountains.

  • That was a big part of why we wanted to defend our side of the mountain.

  • Then they came up against a police patrol on mountain bicycles, which again led to more shooting, without injuries.

  • Also in Germany, he made The Mountain Eagle, which was set, Hitchcock recalled, “in Old Kentucky, wherever that might be.”

  • Cadets mimicked his commands, which he issued in drawn-out syllables in his high-pitched, mountain-inflected voice.

  • There were rumors that Schmidt was motivated by buried treasure or another secret of the mountain, but they were never proven.

  • Then, he set to work building a shortcut that would take the minable minerals he found through the mountain.

  • We had now approached closely to the foot of the mountain-ranges, and their lofty summits were high above us in mid-air.

  • The jagged top and spurs of San Jacinto Mountain shone like the turrets and posterns of a citadel built of rubies.

  • These residents then killed the parish priest, and without arms fled for safety to the mountain ravines.

  • We came down the rest of the mountain more carefully, though still a great deal too fast.

  • A short distance off was another ridge or spur of the mountain, widening out into almost a plateau.