英语词汇“Mountains of the Moon”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Mountains of the Moon

/ˈmaʊntɪnz əv ðə ˌmuːn/

noun

1A mountain range in central Africa, now identified with the Mount Ruwenzori mountain group between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

In early use, the mythical or suppositional source of the Nile..

2The type of a very remote place; further than one can imagine, the ends of the earth.

Origin

Late 16th century; earliest use found in untitled. From the plural of mountain + of + the + moon, after Hellenistic Greek τὸ τῆς σελήνης ὄρος (c a.d. 150 in Ptolemy Geography 4. 9. 3: on singular form see etymological note).

单词	Mountains of the Moon
释义	Mountains of the Moon /ˈmaʊntɪnz əv ðə ˌmuːn/ noun 1A mountain range in central Africa, now identified with the Mount Ruwenzori mountain group between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In early use, the mythical or suppositional source of the Nile.. 2The type of a very remote place; further than one can imagine, the ends of the earth. Origin Late 16th century; earliest use found in untitled. From the plural of mountain + of + the + moon, after Hellenistic Greek τὸ τῆς σελήνης ὄρος (c a.d. 150 in Ptolemy Geography 4. 9. 3: on singular form see etymological note).
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