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单词 mountaintops
释义

mountaintop

noun

moun·​tain·​top ˈmau̇n-tᵊn-ˌtäp How to pronounce mountaintop (audio)
: the summit of a mountain

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The switchbacks O’Connell has traced to professional football’s coaching mountaintop — and season-ticket abandonment — dumbfound. Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2022 Many are a result of strip mining or mountaintop removal mining, the latter a method in which mining companies use explosives to blast off a mountain's summit to get to the coal inside. Phil Mccausland, NBC News, 6 Aug. 2022 Anakeesta has chairlifts that bring visitors to a mountaintop, where the attractions are located, WVLT reported. Simone Jasper The Charlotte Observer (tns), al, 29 July 2022 At first glance, the edge of the nebula resembles a rocky mountaintop, something hard and scalable. Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 12 July 2022 In time his home, set back from the ocean, became a yogi’s mountaintop for artists, celebrities and passionate wine fans eager to commune with the master. Clay Risen, BostonGlobe.com, 11 June 2022 In time his home, set back from the ocean, became a yogi’s mountaintop for artists, celebrities and passionate wine fans eager to commune with the master. New York Times, 9 June 2022 Microplastics permeate the globe from the oceans' depths to the highest mountaintop — and our bodies. The Week Staff, The Week, 14 May 2022 The latest fashions include IMAX theatres, hospital equipment that tests for dozens of pathogens, and ski rooms where guests can suit up for a helicopter trip to a mountaintop. Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1522, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

mountaintop

noun

moun·​tain·​top ˈmau̇n-tᵊn-ˌtäp How to pronounce mountaintop (audio)
: the highest part of a mountain

mountaintops

noun

plural of mountaintop
as in summits

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • summits
  • pinnacles
  • horns
  • mountains
  • seamounts
  • inselbergs
  • knobs
  • aiguilles
  • cordilleras
  • sierras
  • mountain ranges
  • alps
  • peaks
  • inselberge
  • humps
  • mounts
  • ranges

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • valleys
  • basins
  • bowls
  • depressions
  • hollows
  • vales
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