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valley

/val-ee/US // ˈvæl i //UK // (ˈvælɪ) //

山谷,谷地,谷底,山沟

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural val·leys.

    • : an elongated depression between uplands, hills, or mountains, especially one following the course of a stream.
    • : an extensive, more or less flat, and relatively low region drained by a great river system.
    • : any depression or hollow resembling a valley.
    • : a low point or interval in any process, representation, or situation.
    • : any place, period, or situation that is filled with fear, gloom, foreboding, or the like: the valley of despair.
    • : Architecture. a depression or angle formed by the meeting of two inclined sides of a roof.
    • : the lower phase of a horizontal wave motion.

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Examples

  • Northern Pennsylvania is a beautiful mix of foothills and valleys, and through each valley inevitably runs a myriad of branching streams in the midst of a floodplain.

  • Using this tech, the utility can hone in on which peaks and valleys from backcountry mountain ranges are prone to high wind speeds.

  • There’s a so-called valley of death between basic science and an actual commercial product.

  • On March 18, in Srinagar, the largest city in the Himalayan region of Kashmir, a man tested positive for covid-19—the first in the valley.

  • This valley also makes up a critical part of the monarch’s California breeding grounds.

  • But the people from Valley Stream had such a thick New York accent that was all around me.

  • The region is marketed for visitors as “Aryan Valley,” and many citizens have taken to tacking on “Aryan” to their last names.

  • Time was suspended as the world watched and waited for news about the young, brave girl from the Swat Valley.

  • A brilliant Silicon Valley entrepreneur may have found a way to get dark money out of politics without changing any laws.

  • Greer is a young, entrepreneurial, poker-loving Texan who ended up in Silicon Valley.

  • San Antonio de Bexar lies in a fertile and well-irrigated valley, stretching westward from the river Salado.

  • When it cleared, the valley was a solid expanse of white, and the stars shone out as if in an Arctic sky.

  • At the foot of the pass, the valley widened a little, though still with steep, snow-capped cliffs crowding it on either side.

  • It was a sad day for Ramona and Alessandro when the kindly Hyers pulled up their tent-stakes and left the valley.

  • For an Indian to sell a horse and wagon in the San Jacinto valley was not an easy thing, unless he would give them away.

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