A ridge of rocks, esp. such as are near the shore beneath the surface of the sea; †a range of mountains or hills (obsolete); a ridge of earth.
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| 释义 | the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > mountain > [noun] > range (50) ledge1555 A ridge of rocks, esp. such as are near the shore beneath the surface of the sea; †a range of mountains or hills (obsolete); a ridge of earth. range1601 A line of mountains, hills, or other large natural features. Also: (Australian and New Zealand) mountainous or hilly country (usually in plural)… sierra1613 In Spain and parts of Latin America: A range of hills or mountains, rising in peaks which suggest the teeth of a saw. cordillera1704 A mountain chain or ridge, one of a series of parallel ridges; in plural applied originally by the Spanish to the parallel chains of the Andes in… mountain chain1776 a connected series of mountains, esp. an aggregate of ranges of mountains having a common geographical relation. mountain range1809 a series of mountains ranged in a line and connected by elevated ground. chain1830 A continuous linear series of material objects. Short for mountain chain n. at mountain, n. adj.compounds 2a (as in b.). serra1830 A ridge of mountains or hills (in Portuguese territory). mountain system1838 a group of mountain ranges showing similarity in form, orientation, etc., and assumed to have arisen from the same mountain-building event. hump1914 transferred. A mountain barrier high enough to make both land and air travel difficult. Chiefly U.S. Subcategories:— central mass of (1) — meeting point (1) — spur (4) — bend (2) — area behind (1) — tree-limit (4) — snow limit (1) — sub (1) — Alps (3) — Apennines (2) — other spec. (12) — area at foot of (8) |
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