Definition of downland in English:

downland

nounˈdaʊnlənd

mass nounalso downlands

Gently rolling hill country, especially in southern England.
（尤指英格兰南部的）丘陵地
Example sentencesExamples
- New rotations boosted cereal output in regions like East Anglia and the southern downlands, as they improved arable-land quality in these light-soiled areas, formerly dominated by sheep rearing.
- The county is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and covers one of the largest expanses of chalk downland in southern England.
- The Adonis Blue is one of the most characteristic species of southern chalk downland, where it flies low over short-grazed turf.
- The original line-up of the band, then known as Easy Cure, came together at school in Crawley, a brash post-war new town tacked onto a sleepy village in the heart of the rolling green downland of Southern England.
- Late in the 3rd millennium BC, a round barrow was raised over a Beaker grave at Hemp Knoll in the chalk downland of southern England, three miles south-west of Avebury in Wiltshire.
- This is a traditional and natural method of maintaining chalk downland and it helps create a habitat which encourages wild flowers and butterflies.
- The smooth humps of downland suited his purpose.
- The trusts hope the new approach will help halt the decline in some UK species and habitats, such as Wiltshire's chalk downland.
- The climate was temperate but windy, the terrain a mixture of downland, rocky hills and peat bogs.
- The largest and finest henge monument in Britain set on the rolling chalk downlands of southern England near the headwaters of the River Kennet.
- Butterfly Conservation supports the provision of alternative chalk downland at Magdalen Hill as it will extend the existing butterfly reserve.
- He asks: ‘If dogs are meant to be on leads on other downlands, some of which fall within the national park boundary, why can we not ask owners to have them on leads on the Crown land during the bird-nesting season?’
- Surrounded by flower rich limestone downland, it is also a breeding site for many species of birds, insects and plants as well as amphibians.
- Not one, not two, but 2,300 varieties of Britain's favourite fruit grow here, all deliciously arranged across acres of russety Kentish downland.
- Under the act, the public can walk across 237,000 acres of moor, mountain, heath and downland in Cornwall, Devon and western Somerset that were previously closed, including 116,000 acres of Dartmoor national park.
- I prefer to walk on the broad, open downland, where the path follows my own moment, now uphill, now down, embracing the whole rise and fall of the land rather than merely tracing a route over it.
- Almost 100,000 hectares of moor, heath and downland can be yomped across for the first time, and there are guided walks throughout this week to celebrate.
- The Act will open up the countryside further giving walkers the right to roam over much of the country's moorland, mountains, heath, downland and registered common land.
- Green space has also been allocated in the framework, which includes plans for a country park and resource centre near Worting Wood Farm, and restoration of chalk downland.
- Richard Uridge travels to Twyford Down near Winchester, one of the few chalk downlands in southern England.
Synonyms
high ground, rising ground, prominence, eminence, elevation, rise, hillock, mound, mount, knoll, hummock, tor, tump, fell, pike, mesa

单词	downland
释义	Definition of downland in English: downland nounˈdaʊnlənd mass nounalso downlands Gently rolling hill country, especially in southern England. （尤指英格兰南部的）丘陵地 Example sentencesExamples New rotations boosted cereal output in regions like East Anglia and the southern downlands, as they improved arable-land quality in these light-soiled areas, formerly dominated by sheep rearing. The county is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and covers one of the largest expanses of chalk downland in southern England. The Adonis Blue is one of the most characteristic species of southern chalk downland, where it flies low over short-grazed turf. The original line-up of the band, then known as Easy Cure, came together at school in Crawley, a brash post-war new town tacked onto a sleepy village in the heart of the rolling green downland of Southern England. Late in the 3rd millennium BC, a round barrow was raised over a Beaker grave at Hemp Knoll in the chalk downland of southern England, three miles south-west of Avebury in Wiltshire. This is a traditional and natural method of maintaining chalk downland and it helps create a habitat which encourages wild flowers and butterflies. The smooth humps of downland suited his purpose. The trusts hope the new approach will help halt the decline in some UK species and habitats, such as Wiltshire's chalk downland. The climate was temperate but windy, the terrain a mixture of downland, rocky hills and peat bogs. The largest and finest henge monument in Britain set on the rolling chalk downlands of southern England near the headwaters of the River Kennet. Butterfly Conservation supports the provision of alternative chalk downland at Magdalen Hill as it will extend the existing butterfly reserve. He asks: ‘If dogs are meant to be on leads on other downlands, some of which fall within the national park boundary, why can we not ask owners to have them on leads on the Crown land during the bird-nesting season?’ Surrounded by flower rich limestone downland, it is also a breeding site for many species of birds, insects and plants as well as amphibians. Not one, not two, but 2,300 varieties of Britain's favourite fruit grow here, all deliciously arranged across acres of russety Kentish downland. Under the act, the public can walk across 237,000 acres of moor, mountain, heath and downland in Cornwall, Devon and western Somerset that were previously closed, including 116,000 acres of Dartmoor national park. I prefer to walk on the broad, open downland, where the path follows my own moment, now uphill, now down, embracing the whole rise and fall of the land rather than merely tracing a route over it. Almost 100,000 hectares of moor, heath and downland can be yomped across for the first time, and there are guided walks throughout this week to celebrate. The Act will open up the countryside further giving walkers the right to roam over much of the country's moorland, mountains, heath, downland and registered common land. Green space has also been allocated in the framework, which includes plans for a country park and resource centre near Worting Wood Farm, and restoration of chalk downland. Richard Uridge travels to Twyford Down near Winchester, one of the few chalk downlands in southern England. Synonyms high ground, rising ground, prominence, eminence, elevation, rise, hillock, mound, mount, knoll, hummock, tor, tump, fell, pike, mesa
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