alp
pronunciation
How to pronounce alp in British English:
UK [ælp]
How to pronounce alp in American English:
US [ælp]
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- Noun:
- any high mountain
Word Origin
- alp (n.)
- 1590s, "any high, snow-capped mountain," from Alps, from French Alpes, from Latin Alpes "the Alps," perhaps from altus "high," or albus "white" or from a Celtic word (according to Servius), or a pre-Indo-European root. Alps, the European mountain range, attested by that name in English from 1550s.
Example
- 1. Alp enzyme activity in each group of treatment raised obviously , but the acp enzyme activity was not influenced .
- 2. The afp 's foreign policy toward prc is conservative while alp 's active ;
- 3. Alp staining and mineralized nodules staining were positive . The main elements of nodules included calcium and phosphorus by x-ray energy spectrum analysis .
- 4. Then in 2011 it hired a swiss private-detective agency , alp services , to investigate the circumstances of the transaction .
- 5. Last month she announced that her husband had been spied on by alp services , and on february 8th began a legal complaint against unidentified people .