| 词汇 | foothill |
| 释义 | foothill noun[ Cusually plural ] uk /ˈfʊt.hɪl/ us /ˈfʊt.hɪl/ a low mountain or low hill at the bottom of a larger mountain or range of mountains: 山麓小丘 the foothills of the Pyrenees比利牛斯山脉山麓丘陵 Geography: hills & mountains acclivity alpine tundra clifftop craggy esker highlands hillock Marilyn mesa mid-ocean ridge motte Mount Kilimanjaro pike scarp slope spur steep the Adirondack Mountains the Alaska Range the Alps foothill | American Dictionaryfoothill noun[ Cusually pl ] us/ˈfʊtˌhɪl/ a low hill at the base of a mountain or group of mountains Examples of foothillfoothill During the year eastern winds prevail in the central and eastern parts of the foothills and the mountains. Foothill traders frequently acted as middlemen, carrying out trade from their homes rather than in formal marketplaces. It is widely distributed and found in hills, foothills and plains up to an altitude of 2500 m above mean sea level. Of all the species discovered in the mountains and foothills, 63 (or 18%) inhabit only this area without spreading to the plain. Boundary disputes between valley and foothill dwellers were frequent during the 1930s. People living in the intermediate foothills and in the grassy alluvial areas could live hidden from the view of outsiders, thus evading external control. Valley dwellers arranged for their cattle herds to be tended by relatives or blood brotherhood (lusale) partners in the foothills. Commerce also flourished between the lowlands and the foothills. But these were limited by the amount of money a woman could realize from the sporadic sale of her young male kids in the desert foothills' market towns. From these heights those struggling in the foothills of mere research are perhaps too easily overlooked, and their emphasis on the routine disciplines of research too easily marginalized. We are walking hopefully in the scientific foothills of a gigantic mountain range. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No one wants even modest foothills of frozen lamb, let alone mountains. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a great deal of negotiation to do yet; we are only beginning on the small foothills of this mountain of negotiations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is the foothill, as it were, to the mountain of important legislation that will come before us within a week from now. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We shall, after all, be starting from the lowest foothills, looking up at a very high mountain. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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