valley
英 ['v?l?]
美['v?li]
- n. 山谷；流域；溪谷
- n. (Valley)人名；(英)瓦利；(法)瓦莱
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词态变化
复数:?valleys;
中文词源
valley 山谷
来自拉丁语vallis,山谷，词源同vale.
英文词源
- 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.).
双语例句
- 1. The guerrillas were holding out in the Paghman valley.
- 游击队员正在帕格曼山谷地区坚持抵抗。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The truck was trundling along the escarpment of the Zambesi valley.
- 卡车沿着赞比西山谷的绝壁缓缓行进。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. These Severn Valley woods have been exploited for timber since Saxon times.
- 从撒克逊时代起就开始采伐塞文山谷的这些树林获取木料。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. A broken blue line means the course of a waterless valley.
- 蓝色虚线代表无水流过的山谷。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. Tourists can visit outlying areas like the Napa Valley Wine Country.
- 游客可以前往像纳帕谷酒乡这样远离城市喧嚣的地方游览。
来自柯林斯例句