submontaneadj.

Brit.

/sʌbˈmɒnteɪn/, U.S.

/ˌsəbmɑnˈteɪn/

Forms: 1800s– submontain, 1800s– submontane, 1900s– submontaine.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin submontanus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin submontanus found at the foot of a mountain (6th cent.) < classical Latin sub- sub- prefix + montānus (see mountain n.). Compare earlier submontaneous adj. and later montane adj. With sense 1 compare earlier subterrane adj.

1. That exists or passes under a mountain or range of mountains. Also figurative. Cf. submontaneous adj.

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the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > mountain > [adjective] > below

submontaneous1682

submontane1819

1819 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 6 150 It is scarcely to be expected that his submontane voyage should be very distinctly described.

1859 W. M. Thomson Land & Bk. I. ii. xvii. 377 The dark stairway..was a subterranean, or, rather, submontane path to the great fountain of Banias.

1937 G. D. Hubbard Geogr. Europe vii. 169 Now submontane tunnels connect it north and south with the best route to commercial Genoa and the cities of northwest Europe.

1973 T. Pynchon Gravity's Rainbow i. 88 The Book..came to him at age 28 like a mandate from the submontane Venus he could not resist.

2002 N. Kress Probability Space viii. 94 The Protector Artefact would have stayed buried in the submontane cavern where it had lain for fifty thousand years.

2. Of or inhabiting the foothills or lower slopes of a mountain or range of mountains. Also: relating to or characteristic of this zone.

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the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > mountain > [adjective] > range > foot

submontane1824

piedmont1890

pedimented1940

1824 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening (ed. 2) 49 Tokay wine is made in the submontane district which extends over a space about twenty miles round the town of that name.

1880 Libr. Universal Knowl. VII. 161 The fertile submontane plains of Sialkot.

1913 Blackwood's Mag. Apr. 448/1 Hardy sub-montane savages armed with..deadly war-tools.

1957 Jrnl. Ecol. 45 943 Shetland has a submontane-oceanic climate up to 1000 ft. (305 m.); above that altitude, in summer at least, the climate is subarctic-oceanic.

2002 R. Hill S. E. Asia v. 107 In the equatorial submontane zone, trees are less tall and slimmer than in the lowlands, the tallest rarely being more than about 25 m high.

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

单词	submontane
释义	submontaneadj. Brit. /sʌbˈmɒnteɪn/, U.S. /ˌsəbmɑnˈteɪn/ Forms: 1800s– submontain, 1800s– submontane, 1900s– submontaine. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin submontanus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin submontanus found at the foot of a mountain (6th cent.) < classical Latin sub- sub- prefix + montānus (see mountain n.). Compare earlier submontaneous adj. and later montane adj. With sense 1 compare earlier subterrane adj. 1. That exists or passes under a mountain or range of mountains. Also figurative. Cf. submontaneous adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > mountain > [adjective] > below submontaneous1682 submontane1819 1819 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 6 150 It is scarcely to be expected that his submontane voyage should be very distinctly described. 1859 W. M. Thomson Land & Bk. I. ii. xvii. 377 The dark stairway..was a subterranean, or, rather, submontane path to the great fountain of Banias. 1937 G. D. Hubbard Geogr. Europe vii. 169 Now submontane tunnels connect it north and south with the best route to commercial Genoa and the cities of northwest Europe. 1973 T. Pynchon Gravity's Rainbow i. 88 The Book..came to him at age 28 like a mandate from the submontane Venus he could not resist. 2002 N. Kress Probability Space viii. 94 The Protector Artefact would have stayed buried in the submontane cavern where it had lain for fifty thousand years. 2. Of or inhabiting the foothills or lower slopes of a mountain or range of mountains. Also: relating to or characteristic of this zone. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > mountain > [adjective] > range > foot submontane1824 piedmont1890 pedimented1940 1824 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening (ed. 2) 49 Tokay wine is made in the submontane district which extends over a space about twenty miles round the town of that name. 1880 Libr. Universal Knowl. VII. 161 The fertile submontane plains of Sialkot. 1913 Blackwood's Mag. Apr. 448/1 Hardy sub-montane savages armed with..deadly war-tools. 1957 Jrnl. Ecol. 45 943 Shetland has a submontane-oceanic climate up to 1000 ft. (305 m.); above that altitude, in summer at least, the climate is subarctic-oceanic. 2002 R. Hill S. E. Asia v. 107 In the equatorial submontane zone, trees are less tall and slimmer than in the lowlands, the tallest rarely being more than about 25 m high. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1819
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