| 单词 | valley of elevation |
| 释义 | > as lemmasvalley of elevation a. The action or process of lifting up or raising aloft; also, the giving of an upward direction to anything. valley of elevation (see quot. 1887). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > [noun] highing?c1225 heavinga1300 hancinga1382 arearing1382 hainingc1440 enhancing1490 elevation1526 raise1538 elation1578 heightening1598 raisure1613 exaltation1616 sublation1623 elevating1648 sublevation1663 upraising1839 uprearing1853 upsetting1882 updraw1912 the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > valley > [noun] > rift valley or valley of elevation valley of elevation1526 rift valley1894 graben1896 fault-line valley1913 rift1921 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Eii The eleuacions or wawes of the see ben meruelous. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 61 A bul..can tosse into the aire very great..beasts which he receiueth againe as they fall downe, doubling their eleuation with renewed strength and rage. 1663 W. Charleton Chorea Gigantum 32 At first elevation of their eyes. 1682 N. Grew Exper. Luctation ii. i. §6 in Anat. Plants 239 Elevation; when, like Paste in baking..they [sc. the bodies mixed] swell and huff up. 1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 96 The disruption of the Strata..the Elevation of some, and Depression of others. 1863 A. C. Ramsay Physical Geol. & Geogr. Great Brit. (1878) i. 11 Volcanic regions subject to earthquakes are often areas of elevation. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 205 But the land is subject also to local elevations and depressions. 1887 H. B. Woodward Geol. Eng. & Wales (ed. 2) 586 We sometimes find the higher tracts to be formed by what was..a depression, while tracts originally elevated have been converted into..‘Valleys of Elevation’. < as lemmas |
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