单词 | mountainous |
释义 | mountainous (maʊntɪnəs ) 1. adjective A mountainous place has a lot of mountains. ...the mountainous region of Campania. 2. adjective If you refer to mountainous seas, you are emphasizing that the sea is very rough. [emphasis] The fishermen set off in mountainous seas. 3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] You use mountainous to emphasize that something is great in size, quantity, or degree. [emphasis] In the lighted doorway stood the mountainous figure of a woman. The plan is designed to reduce some of the company's mountainous debt. Synonyms: huge, great, enormous, mighty Collocations: mountainous area The estate was made up of crop fields, pastures for livestock and a mountainous area to harvest wood. Times, Sunday Times An emergency services spokesman was quoted by state television as saying that the plane had crashed in a mountainous area and caught fire. Times, Sunday Times I haven't told them it's a wholly landlocked, mountainous area. Times, Sunday Times Its location was a totally exposed, rugged, mountainous area out of town. Times, Sunday Times Inland from the indented coastline, with its sheltered bays and secluded beaches, lies a rugged mountainous area of rainforests and waterfalls. Times, Sunday Times It flew low on the 90-minute journey, hugging the mountainous landscape and skimming over forests as if anxious to avoid radar detection. Times, Sunday Times Pilots find the mountainous landscape, often wreathed in fog, treacherous. Times, Sunday Times Leading through abandoned villages, over ancient stone bridges and across remote peaks, the seven paths traverse a spectacular mountainous landscape, all the more lovely for being so unexpected. Times, Sunday Times Bracing altitude 5,499 ft, mountainous landscape and densely clam forest make its very charming and attractive. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The walk along the periphery of the lake provides excellent vistas of pine forests amidst mountainous landscape. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I've often worked solo abroad, trekking across mountainous terrain or bunking down under cover and alone in strange cities. Times, Sunday Times The tourist office there can give you a map of the more mountainous terrain north of town, where you can walk through wild mountain lavender. Times, Sunday Times It links communications between ground units over huge distances and mountainous terrain. Times,Sunday Times Since dawn yesterday, nine battalions of troops, including special forces, supported by helicopters, hunted for him in the mountainous terrain. Times, Sunday Times Is this how trains move in mountainous terrain? Christianity Today Translations: Chinese: 多山的 Japanese: 山の多い |
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