单词 | highlands |
释义 | highlands Geographyhigh·lands /ˈhaɪləndz/ noun [plural] 1. the Highlands SGan area in the north of Scotland where there are a lot of mountains 苏格兰高地 Examples from the Corpus the Highlands• Diana had been blaming the Highlands for what was a far more fundamental malady.• I first met him, as I met Askalu, in the highlands 13 years ago.• Fieldwork in the Highlands was resumed in 1926 in a rather dramatic fashion.• Or do policemen in the Highlands now drink cocoa at breakfast?• The lunar far side is much closer in character to the highlands of the near side.• They went to the Highlands, which was where the problems began. 2 SGan area of a country where there are a lot of mountains 高地,高原 → lowlands forested highlands 森林覆盖的高地 Examples from the Corpus highlands• the Andean highlands• In parts of the Southern Province and central highlands they were little used, and human power was employed instead.• Coffee was introduced into the central highlands in the 1840s, and quickly became the most important cash crop.• There were no tractors or radios in the Hmong highlands until the 1950s.• The scene was reminiscent of the lunar highlands.• An important minority of the population lives in far flung, sparsely populated areas such as the highlands and islands.• The maria and small plains in the highlands can readily be seen to postdate the craters on their borders.• The mare basins have dark, rather smooth floors that lie well below the altitude of the highlands. the HighlandsHigh·lands, then /ˈhaɪləndz/ nmountainous areas, especially those in the north of Scotland → compare Lowlands, the |
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