请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 alpestrious
释义

alpestriousadj.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French, combined with an English element. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: French alpestre , -ious suffix; Latin alpestris , -ous suffix.
Etymology: Either (i) < French alpestre (1550 in Middle French; < Italian alpestre (13th cent.) < post-classical Latin alpestris : see alpestral adj.) + -ious suffix; or (ii) < post-classical Latin alpestris + -ous suffix (compare -ious suffix).
Obsolete. rare.
Mountainous; alpine.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > mountain > [adjective] > characterized by
mountuousa1382
fellish1570
mountainy1591
mountainous1598
mountainly1603
alpestrious1615
montanous1623
montanic1799
mountained1820
1615 E. Sandys Sacred Hymns 54 Prepare, make plain his way; who o're alpestrious place Coms marching toward his seat elect.
1625 J. Minsheu Ductor in Linguas (ed. 2) 25 Alpestrious, mountainous, craggie, hillie. G[allica] Alpéstre, dict. de Alpibus.
1853 F. von Mueller Let. 3 Feb. in Regardfully Yours (1998) I. 139 My first..journey to the Australian alps..with a view to ascertaining..the connexion likely existing between the vegetation of the only alps of this continent known (Mount William of the Grampians being merely alpestrious).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
<
adj.1615
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/1/12 4:22:04