valley
英 ['v?l?]
美['v?li]
- n. 山谷；流域；溪谷
- n. (Valley)人名；(英)瓦利；(法)瓦萊
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?valleys;
中文詞源
valley 山谷
來自拉丁語vallis,山谷，詞源同vale.
英文詞源
- valley
- valley: [13] Valley comes via Anglo-Norman valey from *vallāta, a Vulgar Latin derivative of Latin vallis ‘valley’, whose origins are uncertain. A more direct English descendant of vallis is vale [13].
=> vale - valley (n.)
- c. 1300, from Anglo-French valey, Old French valee "a valley" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *vallata, from Latin vallis "valley," of unknown origin. Valley Girl (in reference to San Fernando Valley of California) was popularized 1982 in song by Frank Zappa and his daughter. Valley of Death (Psalm xxiii:4) was rendered in Middle English as Helldale (mid-13c.).
雙語例句
- 1. The guerrillas were holding out in the Paghman valley.
- 游擊隊(duì)員正在帕格曼山谷地區(qū)堅(jiān)持抵抗。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The truck was trundling along the escarpment of the Zambesi valley.
- 卡車沿著贊比西山谷的絕壁緩緩行進(jìn)。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. These Severn Valley woods have been exploited for timber since Saxon times.
- 從撒克遜時代起就開始采伐塞文山谷的這些樹林獲取木料。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. A broken blue line means the course of a waterless valley.
- 藍(lán)色虛線代表無水流過的山谷。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Tourists can visit outlying areas like the Napa Valley Wine Country.
- 游客可以前往像納帕谷酒鄉(xiāng)這樣遠(yuǎn)離城市喧囂的地方游覽。
來自柯林斯例句