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单词 dale
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Definition of dale in English:

dale

noun deɪldeɪl
  • A valley, especially in northern England.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Their victory is visible in the houses and crofts that still spread across the hills of the glen and the dale.
    • Between a third and half of the dew ponds, unique to the limestone dales in the White Peak, have also disappeared.
    • From sandy beaches to lofty mountain tops, rolling dales to bustling cities, we've got the lot.
    • For hundreds of years they have worked the dales, the vales, the moors and rest of Yorkshire's countryside and moulded it into the scenery we admire so much today.
    • During my daughter's recent break in the dales we decided to walk from Langcliffe to Malham and back, walking around Langcliffe Scar.
    • ‘If we had say four inches of snow up in the dales, followed by a thaw and heavy rainfall, that would put our defences to a severe test,’ admits John.
    • Location managers are keen to capitalise on county's moorland, coast, dales and historic capital city.
    • Northern parts of the county, particularly the dales and moors, are popular with incomers.
    • Great friendship has extended to me whenever I come up into the dales.
    • There are many books dedicated to the mountains and lakes of the Lake District but none celebrate the stunning dales that are a feature of the national park.
    • Sedbergh looked beautiful the sun was shining on the hills and dales so I can't see that the series will do us anything but good.
    • The dales, vales and hills of our region will be alive with the sound of music when the county becomes the venue for a record-breaking live music event.
    • Helen Mark's out and about in the hills and dales of Derbyshire, a county with a landscape that's literally as pretty as a picture.
    • His atmospheric, visionary work is deeply rooted in the moors, fells and dales of North Yorkshire, and his paintings range in price from £250 to £4,500.
    • He would write walking guides with routes that took in some of the finest pubs on the dales and moors.
    • It's one of the most remote dales in Yorkshire, the northern-most.
    • ‘I have been advised that if this does not happen this year, then it will never happen and that would be very sad indeed for the people of the upper dale,’ he said.
    • Starting in Alstonefield, we descended into Wolfscote Dale, following the river along the entire length of the dale until we reached Shining Tor.
    • Walkers are unlikely to be able to roam freely across the moors and dales of North Yorkshire this summer, farmers' leader Ben Gill warned today.
    • Ah, it really is good to see city kids find their feet on the terrain of the Yorkshire dales!
    Synonyms
    valley, vale
    hollow, hole, basin, gully, gorge, ravine
    British dene, combe, slade
    Northern English clough
    Scottish glen, strath
    literary dell, dingle

Origin

Old English dæl, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse dalr, Dutch dal, and German Tal, also to dell.

Rhymes

ail, ale, assail, avail, bail, bale, bewail, brail, Braille, chain mail, countervail, curtail, downscale, drail, dwale, entail, exhale, fail, faille, flail, frail, Gael, Gail, gale, Grail, grisaille, hail, hale, impale, jail, kale, mail, male, webmail, nonpareil, outsail, pail, pale, quail, rail, sail, sale, sangrail, scale, shale, snail, stale, swale, tail, tale, they'll, trail, upscale, vail, vale, veil, surveil, wail, wale, whale, Yale
 
 

Definition of dale in US English:

dale

noundeɪldāl
  • A valley, especially a broad one.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • ‘If we had say four inches of snow up in the dales, followed by a thaw and heavy rainfall, that would put our defences to a severe test,’ admits John.
    • From sandy beaches to lofty mountain tops, rolling dales to bustling cities, we've got the lot.
    • Ah, it really is good to see city kids find their feet on the terrain of the Yorkshire dales!
    • The dales, vales and hills of our region will be alive with the sound of music when the county becomes the venue for a record-breaking live music event.
    • Walkers are unlikely to be able to roam freely across the moors and dales of North Yorkshire this summer, farmers' leader Ben Gill warned today.
    • He would write walking guides with routes that took in some of the finest pubs on the dales and moors.
    • ‘I have been advised that if this does not happen this year, then it will never happen and that would be very sad indeed for the people of the upper dale,’ he said.
    • Sedbergh looked beautiful the sun was shining on the hills and dales so I can't see that the series will do us anything but good.
    • Starting in Alstonefield, we descended into Wolfscote Dale, following the river along the entire length of the dale until we reached Shining Tor.
    • Northern parts of the county, particularly the dales and moors, are popular with incomers.
    • Great friendship has extended to me whenever I come up into the dales.
    • It's one of the most remote dales in Yorkshire, the northern-most.
    • Helen Mark's out and about in the hills and dales of Derbyshire, a county with a landscape that's literally as pretty as a picture.
    • There are many books dedicated to the mountains and lakes of the Lake District but none celebrate the stunning dales that are a feature of the national park.
    • His atmospheric, visionary work is deeply rooted in the moors, fells and dales of North Yorkshire, and his paintings range in price from £250 to £4,500.
    • During my daughter's recent break in the dales we decided to walk from Langcliffe to Malham and back, walking around Langcliffe Scar.
    • Between a third and half of the dew ponds, unique to the limestone dales in the White Peak, have also disappeared.
    • Their victory is visible in the houses and crofts that still spread across the hills of the glen and the dale.
    • For hundreds of years they have worked the dales, the vales, the moors and rest of Yorkshire's countryside and moulded it into the scenery we admire so much today.
    • Location managers are keen to capitalise on county's moorland, coast, dales and historic capital city.
    Synonyms
    valley, vale

Origin

Old English dæl, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse dalr, Dutch dal, and German Tal, also to dell.

 
 
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