highveldn.

Brit.

/ˈhʌɪvɛld/,

/ˈhʌɪvɛlt/,

/ˈhʌɪfɛlt/, U.S.

/ˈhaɪvɛld/,

/ˈhaɪvɛlt/, South African English

/ˈhaɪfɛlt/

Forms: see high adj. and veld n. Also with capital initial(s).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Dutch lexical item. Etymons: high adj., veld n.

Etymology: < high adj. + veld n., after South African Dutch hoogeveld (mid 19th cent. or earlier; Afrikaans hoëveld ). Compare lowveld n., bushveld n.

Originally South African.

The inland plateau of South Africa and neighbouring countries, lying mostly between 4000 and 6000 feet (approx. 1200 and 1800 metres) above sea level; the (type of) grassland (originally) covering this.

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the world > the earth > land > landscape > level land > [noun] > plateau > in specific country

paramo1760

Karoo1789

park1808

causse1827

fjeld1860

highveld1873

jol1904

meseta1904

scabland1923

1873 Net Cast in Many Waters 1 Dec. 189 The herds of game we saw on the summit of the Drakensberg, the high Veldt, as it is called, were most marvellous.

1892 W. L. Distant Naturalist in Transvaal 88 The high veld is an almost treeless region.

1905 J. W. Gregory in Rep. Brit. Assoc. 399 The old rocks that form the foundation of the present high veldt of Rhodesia.

1953 ‘P. Lanham’ & A. S. Mopeli-Paulus Blanket Boy's Moon i. vi. 38 It was in the yard of Number Four, under the remote skies of the highveld, that the two Africans talked of the strange ways of the white man.

1979 M. Matshoba Call me not Man 1 We hunted the delicious wild rats and little birds of the highveld on the mining land.

2005 M. P. McCartney et al. Working Wetlands 21/2 Situated in a predominantly grassland region, it is typical of many parts of the Zimbabwean highveld where dambos comprise about 28 percent of the surface area.

Compounds

General attributive, as highveld area, highveld grassland, etc.

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1877 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 305 We cantered easily over the great high-veldt prairies.

1923 Geogr. Teacher 12 54 The high veld areas are covered with the taller Red Grass, which forms ‘sour veld’.

1961 L. van der Post Heart of Hunter iii. xii. 161 The light of a high-veld sunset.

1998 H. Strachan Way Up Way Out ii. 27 The line had to be taken down from the six-thousand-foot highveld escarpment to sea level in a couple of hundred miles.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	highveld
释义	highveldn. Brit. /ˈhʌɪvɛld/, /ˈhʌɪvɛlt/, /ˈhʌɪfɛlt/, U.S. /ˈhaɪvɛld/, /ˈhaɪvɛlt/, South African English /ˈhaɪfɛlt/ Forms: see high adj. and veld n. Also with capital initial(s). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Dutch lexical item. Etymons: high adj., veld n. Etymology: < high adj. + veld n., after South African Dutch hoogeveld (mid 19th cent. or earlier; Afrikaans hoëveld ). Compare lowveld n., bushveld n. Originally South African. The inland plateau of South Africa and neighbouring countries, lying mostly between 4000 and 6000 feet (approx. 1200 and 1800 metres) above sea level; the (type of) grassland (originally) covering this. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > level land > [noun] > plateau > in specific country paramo1760 Karoo1789 park1808 causse1827 fjeld1860 highveld1873 jol1904 meseta1904 scabland1923 1873 Net Cast in Many Waters 1 Dec. 189 The herds of game we saw on the summit of the Drakensberg, the high Veldt, as it is called, were most marvellous. 1892 W. L. Distant Naturalist in Transvaal 88 The high veld is an almost treeless region. 1905 J. W. Gregory in Rep. Brit. Assoc. 399 The old rocks that form the foundation of the present high veldt of Rhodesia. 1953 ‘P. Lanham’ & A. S. Mopeli-Paulus Blanket Boy's Moon i. vi. 38 It was in the yard of Number Four, under the remote skies of the highveld, that the two Africans talked of the strange ways of the white man. 1979 M. Matshoba Call me not Man 1 We hunted the delicious wild rats and little birds of the highveld on the mining land. 2005 M. P. McCartney et al. Working Wetlands 21/2 Situated in a predominantly grassland region, it is typical of many parts of the Zimbabwean highveld where dambos comprise about 28 percent of the surface area. Compounds General attributive, as highveld area, highveld grassland, etc. ΚΠ 1877 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 305 We cantered easily over the great high-veldt prairies. 1923 Geogr. Teacher 12 54 The high veld areas are covered with the taller Red Grass, which forms ‘sour veld’. 1961 L. van der Post Heart of Hunter iii. xii. 161 The light of a high-veld sunset. 1998 H. Strachan Way Up Way Out ii. 27 The line had to be taken down from the six-thousand-foot highveld escarpment to sea level in a couple of hundred miles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1873
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