| 单词 | pepino hill |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspepino hill 2. Physical Geography. A small, steep, conical hill characteristic of tropical and subtropical karstic regions, esp. in Puerto Rico. Also pepino hill. Cf. hum n.4, mogote n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > hill > [noun] > round or conical lowOE lawa1400 sugar-loafa1691 kettle-bottom1746 loma1849 morne1889 pepino1899 hum1921 1899 National Geographic Mag. Mar. 100 Along their inner border these [hills] are of remarkable pointed character,..and are appropriately termed by the natives ‘Pepinos’ or cucumbers. 1915 Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 26 16 This type of topography is represented by the small level tract surrounded or dotted over with small hills, called ‘pepino hills’ locally, standing like haystacks above the plain. 1968 R. W. Fairbridge Encycl. Geomorphol. 161/2 Also known as ‘haystack hills’, or ‘tit hills’, the Pepino hills are a characteristic feature of a mature karst landscape in tropical to subtropical latitudes. 1982 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 79 4482/2 Karst topography, such as the pepino hills around Kweilin.., and the product of groundwater solution. < as lemmas |
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