| 单词 | low-lying |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslow-lying low-lying n. and adj. (a) n. the action of lying low; the fact of being low-lying (see sense A. 3a); (b) adj. situated below or close to sea level; flat, not mountainous; (more generally) situated close to or just above the ground. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > low position > [adjective] lowc1225 base?a1425 howea1500 low-down1548 humble1579 lowly1579 low-lying1809 low-level1845 the world > the earth > land > ground > [adjective] > close to low-lying1856 1611 J. Davies Scourge of Folly 176 Some wantons stand in their owne light. Yet their lowe lying makes them light. 1712 J. Ozell tr. A. Dacier in tr. Homer Iliad I. ii. 97 Those who inhabited low-lying spacious Lacedæmon..had for their Leander the valiant Menelaus. 1809 W. Stevenson Gen. View Agric. Surrey vii. 214 On account both of the nature of the clay, the low-lying of the fields, and the general flatness of the surface. 1856 C. J. Lever Martins of Cro' Martin 611 A mild, soft day, with low-lying clouds. 1910 H. S. Johnson Williams on Service (1934) xi. 113 A gibbous moon hung, red and glowing above a low-lying bed of clouds. 2001 O. R. Impey Hiroshige's Views of Mount Fuji 9 The low lying of the land.., which was mostly built on marsh. 2011 Church Times 14 Jan. 21/1 Barra is a joy... There is the characteristic machair (beach pasture) of the Western Isles, low-lying fertile, flower-filled plains. < as lemmas |
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