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单词 cwm
释义
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cwmnoun [ C ]

/kʊm//kʊm/specialized

a hollow area almost surrounded by steep slopes at the top of a glaciated valley, especially in the Welsh mountains:

The scalloped cwms of the Brecon Beacons are a favourite launching site for hang-gliders and parascenders.
Synonym
cirque

More examples

  • My eyes were drawn up and across the cwm to the giant cliffs of Lliwedd soaring up to jagged summits.
  • That's the cwm where the yew trees grow.
  • Finally we breasted the saddle in the lower ridge, what in the Welsh mountains we would call the cwm.
  • This was the approach for the early climbing expeditions, who knew this as the North Cwm.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Geography: hills & mountains

  • alpine
  • arête
  • Ben
  • butte
  • cirque
  • cliff
  • clifftop
  • col
  • drumlin
  • hillock
  • hilltop
  • incline
  • knoll
  • mountainous
  • Mountains
  • mountainside
  • orographic
  • ridge
  • shelf
  • upland

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