单词 | island-mountain |
释义 | > as lemmasisland-mountain island-mountain n. = island-hill n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > hill or mountain > [noun] > prominent or isolated knoba1622 inch1799 butte1805 island-hill1839 island-mountain1906 inselberg1907 1906 Daily Chron. 31 Aug. 4/4 They [sc. the Malvern Hills] lie precisely north by south, moored like some great island-mountain to the westward of the central plain of England. 1912 Rep. Brit. Assoc. 476 The kopjes and island mountains of the warmer temperate and tropical regions are essentially of similar origin. 1913 Geogr. Jrnl. 42 149 The fantastic peaks and domes of the rocky island-mountains. 1941 F. H. Lahee Field Geol. (ed. 4) xi. 360 A similar residual type in arid regions is the island mountain, or island mount (German, Inselberg). < as lemmas |
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