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单词 jebel
释义 jebel|ˈdʒɛbɛl|
Also djebel, djibel, gebel, jabal.
[a. colloq. Arab. jebel, classical Arab. jabal mountain.]
A hill or mountain; freq. in specific names.
[1600J. Pory tr. Leo Africanus' Geogr. Hist. Afr. ii. 58 (heading) Of the mountaine of Iron, commonly called Gebelelhadih.1834Penny Cycl. II. 210/1 The mountainous region in the interior is distinguished by the appellation of Jabal, ‘the Hills’.]1844A. W. Kinglake Eothen xxvii. 387 For a part of two days I wound under the base of the snow-crowned Djibel el Sheik.1848H. Martineau Eastern Life I. iv. 53 It [sc. the causeway] extends from the river bank to the town, and thence on to the Djebel (mountain) with many limbs from this main trunk.1920Blackw. Mag. Nov. 667/1 An enormous waste of rocky jebels and broad sandy plains.1924Ibid. Oct. 562/1 The mountains or gebels, to give them their local name, are honeycombed with caves.1927Chambers's Jrnl. 535/1 A low-lying bank of white mist wound itself round the gaunt jabal.1942F. Stark Lett. from Syria 186 He thought I was referring to the Intelligence in the Jebel Druse!1968New Scientist 30 May 447/3 Swarms of desert locusts have whirled up like djinns from the moist jebels on both sides of the Red Sea.1970Guardian 3 Aug. 3/1 The annual monsoon..hits the Jebel, the mountain range behind Salala.
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