单词 | col |
释义 | col/kɒl /noun 1The lowest point of a ridge or saddle between two peaks, typically providing a pass from one side of a mountain range to another.For the next few days we based ourselves at the hut as we made forays up the valley, wading through deep fresh snow to explore some of the cols, ridges and side valleys....
2 Meteorology A region of slightly elevated pressure between two anticyclones.Thereafter the major system, which was present in the mid-Atlantic, weakened considerably and became little more than a col between the two anticyclones, one receding as the new one advanced. OriginMid 19th century: from French, literally 'neck', from Latin collum. |
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