mountain
pronunciation
UK [ˈmaʊntən]
US [ˈmaʊn.tən]
-
- n.
- 山，山岳
- 山脉
- 一大堆
- 大量
Word Origin
mountain 高山
来自mount,山，-ain,小词后缀。字面意思即小山，在18世纪前，该词都用来指高度非常低的小山。比较Mount Everest.
Example
- 1. Mountain pass itself won 't break china 's stranglehold .
- 仅凭帕斯山是不可能破除中国垄断的。
- 2. Climb that mountain or chill in the barcalounger ?
- 爬上高山亦或在保卡伦格里发抖？
- 3. No one on the team imagined a single antarctic mountain could house so many wonders .
- 没有人对能想象这样孤独的南极山脉能孕育出如此多的奇迹。
- 4. China has been stockpiling a mountain of cotton , presumably to insulate its textile makers from shocks .
- 中国正在储备大量的棉花，可能是为了消除纺织业者的不安。
- 5. As an example of a green-on-green row , take one in maine , where environmentalists squabble over plans to expand a wind farm on the wilderness of kibby mountain .
- 以缅因州的一场绿色对绿色的纠纷为例，那里的环境保护论者就计划在基比山的荒地上扩建一座风力农场争论不休。
more: >如何使用 "mountain" 造句