单词 | low-lying |
释义 | low-lying adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] Low-lying land is at, near, or below sea level. Sea walls collapsed, and low-lying areas were flooded. Collocations: low-lying cloud At a windblown lookout covered in ground orchids we look over a rolling panorama of mountain and vast, low-lying cloud. Times, Sunday Times We are banking on low-lying cloud and swarms of midges. Times, Sunday Times Bad weather, with low-lying cloud and limited visibility, hampered the operation. Times, Sunday Times The reason behind this was the low-lying cloud which was ever-present over the continent that night. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This was certainly cheaper than spending days in a cold northern clime when low-lying clouds often prevent sightings. Times, Sunday Times Neither did they cause rivers to flood their banks and then infiltrate low-lying land, devastating homes in their wake. The Sun This low-lying land in the dale had been a boggy patch of ground before, between the upper and lower village. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Flooding has occasionally affected low-lying land in the village. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Residual floodwaters persisted due to the low-lying land of the country and poor drainage. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In 1873, a cholera outbreak, intensified by the hospital's unfavourable location on low-lying land, forced an immediate relocation of hospital premises. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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