| 单词 | mountain state |
| 释义 | > as lemmasMountain State Mountain State n. U.S. (a nickname for) the State of West Virginia; (occasionally also) the State of Montana; (in plural) the states that contain the Rocky Mountains. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [noun] > United States > states with specific qualities border states1842 Sunshine State1887 Equality State1891 Mountain State1891 Wheat State1911 1891 M. F. Sweetser King's Handbk. of U.S. 880 West Virginia has been called the Switzerland of America, and the Mountain State, on account of her high mountains and rugged hills, dashing rivers, and pure sweet air. 1975 Business Week (Nexis) 27 Jan. Energy development will bring sweeping changes to the Mountain States, which include Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, and the eastern parts of Nevada and Arizona as well. 1997 Mid-Atlantic Weekends Spring–Summer 113/2 The rugged beauty of the Mountain State is like nothing else in the mid-Atlantic. 2001 Sunday Gaz.-Mail (Charleston, W. Va.) (Nexis) 18 Feb. The Highlands Conservancy has long been involved in efforts to protect the Monongahela National Forest and the other lands that earned for the Mountain State it's ‘wild, wonderful West Virginia’ slogan. < as lemmas |
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