sub-mountainn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈsʌbˌmaʊntᵻn/, U.S.

/ˈsəbˌmaʊnt(ə)n/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sub- prefix, mountain n.

Etymology: < sub- prefix + mountain n.

Geography.

A. n.

A peak or upland area that is adjacent to a mountainous region; a peak that is lower than a mountain. Chiefly in plural.

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the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > hill > [noun] > other

holt1567

beacon1597

ward-hill?a1680

nubble1776

sub-mountain1799

drumlinoid1895

1799 W. Tooke View Russ. Empire I. i. ii. 143 The case is just the same in the eastern sub-mountains.

1863 Home & Foreign Rev. July 352 The foundation of the region consists of crystalline slates, which form the submountains of the granitic centre, the Cima d'Asta, which, island like, rises out of the sedimentary rocks.

1911 National Geographic Mag. Dec. 1095/1 It is one immense flattened alluvial fan, spread from the debouchure of the Min over all the lower tract between the Szechuan Alps on the west and the buttes and sub-mountains to the east.

2006 Austral Ecol. 31 751/2 Species which are widely present in mountain and subalpine habitats..or lowlands and submountains.

B. adj.

attributive. Of the nature of a sub-mountain; relating to or characteristic of sub-mountains. Occasionally also: situated or occurring beneath a mountain.

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the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > hill > [adjective] > other characteristics

bosomed1744

sub-mountain1841

tooth-set1860

drumlinoid1894

swine-backed1908

1841 R. Baird Visit N. Europe II. xiv. 265 The country..is divided into deep valleys, which encompass the head branches of the river Dal, and which are separated from each other by hilly, or sub-mountain ridges.

1891 J. Le Conte Elements Geol. (rev. ed.) ii. v. 263 If the fractures do not penetrate deeply enough to reach the sub-mountain liquid..then they are not filled with liquid lava.

1900 Appletons' Pop. Sci. Monthly Feb. 440 There would necessarily be a submountain mass.

1979 Arctic & Alpine Res. 11 98/2 In the submountain Vermont marsh, the green tussocks of sedges, dead litter and underlying organic mud..were all found to be contaminated.

2003 Systematics & Geogr. Plants 73 284 In Sao Tome, it grows in the secondary submountain forests of the north of the island.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sub-mountain
释义	sub-mountainn.adj. Brit. /ˈsʌbˌmaʊntᵻn/, U.S. /ˈsəbˌmaʊnt(ə)n/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sub- prefix, mountain n. Etymology: < sub- prefix + mountain n. Geography. A. n. A peak or upland area that is adjacent to a mountainous region; a peak that is lower than a mountain. Chiefly in plural. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > hill > [noun] > other holt1567 beacon1597 ward-hill?a1680 nubble1776 sub-mountain1799 drumlinoid1895 1799 W. Tooke View Russ. Empire I. i. ii. 143 The case is just the same in the eastern sub-mountains. 1863 Home & Foreign Rev. July 352 The foundation of the region consists of crystalline slates, which form the submountains of the granitic centre, the Cima d'Asta, which, island like, rises out of the sedimentary rocks. 1911 National Geographic Mag. Dec. 1095/1 It is one immense flattened alluvial fan, spread from the debouchure of the Min over all the lower tract between the Szechuan Alps on the west and the buttes and sub-mountains to the east. 2006 Austral Ecol. 31 751/2 Species which are widely present in mountain and subalpine habitats..or lowlands and submountains. B. adj. attributive. Of the nature of a sub-mountain; relating to or characteristic of sub-mountains. Occasionally also: situated or occurring beneath a mountain. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > hill > [adjective] > other characteristics bosomed1744 sub-mountain1841 tooth-set1860 drumlinoid1894 swine-backed1908 1841 R. Baird Visit N. Europe II. xiv. 265 The country..is divided into deep valleys, which encompass the head branches of the river Dal, and which are separated from each other by hilly, or sub-mountain ridges. 1891 J. Le Conte Elements Geol. (rev. ed.) ii. v. 263 If the fractures do not penetrate deeply enough to reach the sub-mountain liquid..then they are not filled with liquid lava. 1900 Appletons' Pop. Sci. Monthly Feb. 440 There would necessarily be a submountain mass. 1979 Arctic & Alpine Res. 11 98/2 In the submountain Vermont marsh, the green tussocks of sedges, dead litter and underlying organic mud..were all found to be contaminated. 2003 Systematics & Geogr. Plants 73 284 In Sao Tome, it grows in the secondary submountain forests of the north of the island. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1799
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