| 词汇 | example_english_mountain |
| 释义 | Examples of mountainThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. They perceive mountains where there are no mountains, but frequently a great peak appears no larger than a rat-trap. Treatises on landscape painting desiderated scenic encyclopaedias of pastoral, urban, mountains and far sea. I think it is perhaps also to do with my love of remote places, my love of mountains rather than cities. He would go off into the mountains for days on end. Most campesinos live between two thousand and four thousand metres up in the mountains, in the harshest land, and still they are exploited. Caves, valleys, mountains, rivers- all were invested with a profound reverential significance. The mountains and lakes were now revered as a source of" uplift". Sharp ridges, or arêtes, were formed between the corries and some of the mountains have pyramidal peaks. Ritual places in hills, mountains and high places were always created fundamentally as cosmic projections. As such, we recognize objects 'as' trees or mountains or tombs. By stacking the dwellings, he sees the tower as making the most of the vistas to the mountains and creating an increased respect of nature. Burial places, river-crossings, or mountains are not neutral places. The first is well-defined and concrete, the mountains and rivers natural markers that stress territorial integrity and individuality. The mountains rise steeply from the eastern coast and the majority of the population and associated development are located on the western coastal plain. The persecution of minorities and opposition groups since early 1945 had forced thousands to take to the mountains or seek refuge across the frontier. They climbed mountains, descended rivers and looked out over vast interior plains. In the lowland forests, some trees were nearly free of epiphytes while others were covered almost as densely as trees in the mountains. The book is then divided into sections which cover all habitat types: coastal, freshwater, lowland rainforest and other lowland forest formations, limestone habitats and mountains. However, the picture accompanying the couplet shows a scholar looking into the distant mountains in the moonlight. The mountains and valleys, whether surrounding the northern slate quarries, the rural hill farms, or the industrialized south, generated a peculiarly intense environment. He had been sensitive to the echoing murmur of the mountains, that communicating of sounds destined to intoxicate sympathetic souls. The travellers approach through a dawn landscape filled with bird-song, sights of towering mountains, and the sound of people working in the rice fields. The elevation and surrounding mountains contribute to the formation of a salt flat present year round. Let the foreigner work the wealth which lies in our mountains, we have a wealth a thousand times richer in our language and our ministry. All rivers located in the mountains are shallow (<1.5 m) with intensively meandering river-beds. During the year eastern winds prevail in the central and eastern parts of the foothills and the mountains. The coverage of the vegetation is reduced from 50-60% in the lower part of the mountains to 20-30% in the upper part. The judges had better decide, however arbitrarily, what is to count, for the purpose of the competition, as climbing two mountains. They found the road in the mountains fairly good though neglected, overgrown with grass reaching 2.5 metres high. They were told there was a path down the mountains but that on either side of it there were mine fields. The mountains steeply rise from the sea on the west side, and from the vast lowland on the east side. We seek them in many ways - listening to music, praying, working, reading, meditating, hiking in the mountains, being with one's loved ones and friends. Here are figures relating to oceans and mountains but nothing on lakes and rivers. The case of the lunar valleys and mountains, however, was different. The deep draught estuary was easy to defend since it had a narrow mouth surrounded by mountains. Although tropical humid mountains are usually not limited by water availability, the present results illustrated the profound effects of a severe drought. Several authors point to water as a potential limiting factor for plant growth in tropical mountains. Most tropical mountains feed permanent rivers; thus they are clearly water-surplus sites. On the occasion of her seventieth birthday, many of the cousins she left behind came down out of the mountains to celebrate with her. Why are there ocean basins, continents and mountains? Quite probably, the serpent earspools por tray these witz mountains as places of och b'ih for conjuring revered ancestors into the sky. There's a competition for the fastest time climbing two mountains over a certain height in a given area, starting and ending on a public road. Here a range of mountains diverted it, there it swept down one bank of a river and left the other untouched. He was exceedingly good company to do things with, like hiking in the mountains. The flatlands south of the mountains also provided some protection against invaders. He traces this insight by considering practices and ideas associated with wetlands, water sources, mountains, and woodlands. The relationships formed among farms, farming families and their laborers linked the valley to the surrounding mountains, the coastal plans and the interior. Then, as the climate approached present conditions, people were able to establish links between the mountains and the coast. The mountains marked the limits of their travels and the goals that motivated exploration. Britons therefore sought to conquer the mountains and link the island's provinces with roads that would ease the burden of travel. The best of them can accordingly often convert mountains into molehills. Of all the species discovered in the mountains and foothills, 63 (or 18%) inhabit only this area without spreading to the plain. One might argue, of course, that the overwhelming mountains of information that faced them forced them nevertheless to adopt satisficing strategies. We could climb the mountains if we wanted to in the afternoon. Along the coast, subsistence shing settlements prevailed, and in the valleys and mountains, terraced farming communities were common. If you are a boy, go and get your hatchet, and set off for the mountains to chop wood! Sunspots and mountains on the moon are conceived as such signs. Terrestrial mountains and valleys provided him with that exemplar. Altitudinal limits of life in subtropical mountains: what do we know? The traditional explanation now had to account for mountains four miles high, and moreover mountains covered by a transparent, perfectly spherical layer. The fields were fertilized every year by the run-off water from the mountains. The valley is flanked by mountains 2000-3000 m high. Alone and ashamed of her condition, a young, pregnant woman journeys deep into the mountains to give birth secretly. The major concentrations of the tree resource however, are still found along the southern mountains and hinterland of the island. No echoes are registered from the hidden rear face of the mountains, nor from more remote surfaces occluded by the nearer mountains. Effects of demographic and related microeconomic change on land quality in hills and mountains of developing countries. The source area of the continental sediments cor responds to the mountains and hills located in the vicinity of the coastal plain. The classical meaning of saltus is mostly 'upland, wooded pasture' or 'passage through mountains or forests'. Carving into the mountains is the original image of this building. As a result shepherds started to buy land on a large scale in the mountains and especially the lowlands. One report claimed that someone had taken some longicorn beetles from the mountains and cast them into the inlet, which poisoned the water. They began to do highway robberies and live in bands either in the mountains or took possession of villages. By doing so, they were able to prohibit people from going into the mountains to cut down trees. In the same section, there is an "agreement (yue) concerning fields, gardens, mountains and marshes," which gives the format for an even more solid organization. Proceeding further, forested mountains and the distant city are seen: the feet feel wood below them. One leads into mountains, the other along a seashore. Moreover, in this quarter 240 rivers and about 200 mountains are found. However, their courses are strongly influenced by the small vertical motion caused by mountains, heat sources, and frictionally induced divergence at boundaries. In case of attack cattle, horses, supplies and the human population could be withdrawn into the mountains. He assessed the heights of the mountains, commented on the vegetation, and mentioned the anchorages available to vessels. A back injury in middle life ended his skiing, but he retained his love of mountains. In recent years the broad alluvial valleys lying between the rugged volcanic mountains have become important transmission foci. The only multiple selections permitted in the distribution were those where the respondent chose a combination of the mountains, seashore and rural area alternatives. Consequently, there will not be a strong match against lake reflecting mountains, where lake is the head. The coalfield valleys in the south were extremely narrow, so that the characteristic mining village was a long, thin strip wedged between the mountains. However, the goddess was unwilling to let them land, and so she created seven mountains of fire. Swiss engineers not only tamed wild torrents and high-water rivers; they also attacked the mountains. The dry air of the mountains was the best. Consistent differences among the two mountains in forest structure and the frequency of certain palm stages most likely reflected extractivism. By contrast, there has been relatively little published on the ecology of the vegetation of these unique mountains. However, what is clearly needed is long-term precipitation data for tropical mountains and, perhaps even more importantly, research on population ecology. They are important components in forests in the lowlands and lower mountains, in heath forest on sandy soil and swamp forest. The highest mountains (800-850 m) are capped with forested lateritic plateaux. Then he moved to a summer palace in the mountains. The town is situated in the north of the province on a 1100-1150 m. high plain (ova) which is entirely surrounded by mountains. The river transportation system served as an outlet not only for the mountains, but also for the lower-lying ecological zones. Of more importance were the routes leading out of the mountains, of which there were two. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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