valley

英 ['v?l?] 美['v?li]

CET4TEM4IELTS考研CET6中頻詞擴(kuò)展詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?valleys;

valley 山谷

來自拉丁語vallis,山谷，詞源同vale.

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.).

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。

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)。

3. These Severn Valley woods have been exploited for timber since Saxon times.: 從撒克遜時(shí)代起就開始采伐塞文山谷的這些樹林獲取木料。

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。

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。