| 单词 | transalpine |
| 释义 | transalpine (once / 32741 pages) adjn Use the adjective transalpine to describe people who live just north of the Alps, like your friend who lives in southern Germany. You're most likely to hear the word transalpine in a geography or earth science class. It assumes that you are looking north from Italy, toward the mountain range known as the Alps, and that you're talking about something on the far side of them. The prefix trans, "across" in Latin, along with alpine, which means "of the Alps," gives us the meaning "across the Alps." WORD FAMILYtransalpine: transalpines USAGE EXAMPLESBook xi. treated of the wars in Spain and Transalpine Gaul, and contained criticisms and anecdotes of various public men. Sellar, W. Y., The Roman Poets of the Republic(2012) The Cisalpines commenced negotiations with their Transalpine allies; but though the negotiations were carried a very long way, they eventually came to nothing. Becket, Gilbert Abbott ?, The Comic History of Rome(2011) The stimulus imparted by the energy of Venetian, Genoese, and Pisan seamen to manufactures and transalpine trade was felt in every Lombard city. Sedgwick, Henry Dwight, A Short History of Italy—(476-1900)(2011) 1adj on or relating to or characteristic of the region or peoples beyond the Alps from Italy (or north of the Alps) ancient transalpine Gaul was an area northwest of the Alps and included modern France and Belgium Cracow was a transalpine university Syn ultramontane tramontane, transmontane on or coming from the other side of the mountains (from the speaker) 2n one living on or coming from the other side of the Alps from Italy Hyper foreigner, outsider someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group |
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