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单词 mountain
释义 moun·tain
I. \ˈmau̇ntən, -tə̇n\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English mountaine, from Old French montaigne, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin montanea, from feminine of montaneus of a mountain, alteration of Latin montanus, from mont-, mons mountain + -anus -an — more at mount
1.
 a. : a steep elevation with a restricted summit area projecting 1000 feet or more above the surrounding land surface
  < a volcanic mountain >
 b. : a high landmass culminating in several peaks or forming an elongated ridge
 c. : any conspicuous hill in an area of low relief; especially : one that is rounded at the base and has comparatively steep sides
  < we were in what a Mississippian would call mountains but which New Englanders call hills — William Faulkner >
2.
 a. : an enormous mass or bulk : heap, hunk
  < beaches crowded with mountains of supplies — H.L.Merillat >
  < a mountain of a man — E.K.Brown >
 b. : a vast number or quantity : pile, slew
  < the mountain of personnel records accumulated by the armed forces — Seth King >
  < found a mountain of work awaiting him when he got back from vacation >
  < crushed by … mountains of throbbing, elemental sound — Christian Science Monitor >
 c. : a major obstacle or difficulty : crisis
  < make a mountain out of a molehill >
3. : a region characterized by mountains — usually used in plural
 < preferred the mountains to the seashore >
4.
 a. archaic : mount I 4
 b. : mount I 5
5. or mountain wine : a sweet white Malaga wine made from grapes picked when thoroughly ripe
II. adjective
1. : consisting of mountains
 < mountain range >
 < mountain country >
2.
 a. : situated on a mountain or in or among mountains
  < mountain stream >
  < mountain cabin >
  < a mountain republic >
 b. : characteristic of mountains or a mountain region
  < mountain music >
 c. : montane
  < mountain sheep >
3. archaic : huge, mountainous
 < thy lakes and mountain hills — S.T.Coleridge >
4. usually capitalized : rocky mountain
 < the Mountain states of the U.S. >
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