| 单词 | rising ground | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasrising ground  a.  In early use: †having a rounded or curved form (obsolete). Later: having an upward slope or lie; elevated above the surrounding or adjacent level. Frequently in  rising ground (chiefly as a count noun in early use). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > rising ground or eminence > 			[adjective]		 risingc1425 swelling1544 tumulary18.. mammillary1813 tumular1828 tumulous1897 c1425    J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. 		(Augustus A.iv)	  ii. 4647 (MED)  				Neptolonius..was..Large brestid, wiþ a risyng bak, And in speche stamered whan he spak. 1548    W. Patten Exped. Scotl. E iv  				Nie to a church..stondynge vpon a mean risyng hill sumwhat higher then the site of their campe. 1567    A. Golding tr.  Ovid Metamorphosis 		(new ed.)	  vii. f. 93v  				There was not farre fro thence About the middle of the Laund a rising ground, from whence A man might ouerlooke the fieldes. 1592    Arden of Feversham  iii. iii. 9  				I vppon a little rysing hill Stoode whistely watching for the herds approch. 1617    F. Moryson Itinerary  ii. 272  				A rising grounde lying betweene the Campe and the Castle. 1638    T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. 		(rev. ed.)	 260  				They..hale it to some rising hill without. 1683    J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 108  				File off the rising side of the Punch, which brings the Face to an exact Level. 1730    A. Gordon tr.  F. S. Maffei Compl. Hist. Anc. Amphitheatres 266  				This rising Place projected from the Wall. 1742    G. Leoni tr.  A. Palladio Architecture I. 81  				The Way..was a little rising in the middle, that no Water might stay upon it. 1782    W. Cowper Hope in  Poems 143  				The yellow tilth, green meads, rocks, rising grounds. 1807    P. Gass Jrnls. 41  				Passed handsome rising prairies on the north side. 1867    W. D. Howells Ital. Journeys 189  				Our horses were brought to a stand on a rising ground. 1880    Bible Christian Mag. Dec. 537  				The city [sc. Pompeii] was built upon a rising eminence close to the sea. 1926    M. Leinster Dew on Leaf v. 199  				Towards the end of the kite-flying season, numerous Chinese had made their way to various pieces of rising ground with these toys. 1958    J. Gunn Sea Menace ix. 151  				There was scrub on gently rising land leading to the thick carpet of trees that covered the great hills beyond. 2002    S. Home 69 Things to do with Dead Princess iv. 51  				Despite its position on rising ground and general aura of attractiveness, this area proved incapable of dominating the city's psychogeography. < as lemmas  | 
	
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