| 单词 | mountains high |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmountains high mountains high adv. Nautical hyperbolically as high as mountains (with reference to waves); cf. mountain high adj. at Compounds 1f. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > types of waves > [adjective] > high or very high mountains high1719 high-crested1861 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 11 The Sea went Mountains high. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 172 It is not uncommon to hear of the sea running ‘mountains high’; yet..the height of a wave..rarely exceeds 40 ft. 1952 C. Day Lewis tr. Virgil Aeneid ii. 43 Nereus in wild rage Churns the sea with his trident and raises it mountains-high. < as lemmas |
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