| 单词 | valley |
| 释义 | valley —valleylike, adj. /val"ee/, n. , pl. valleys. 1. an elongated depression between uplands, hills, or mountains, esp. one following the course of a stream. 2. an extensive, more or less flat, and relatively low region drained by a great river system. 3. any depression or hollow resembling a valley. 4. a low point or interval in any process, representation, or situation. 5. any place, period, or situation that is filled with fear, gloom, foreboding, or the like: the valley of despair. 6. Archit. a depression or angle formed by the meeting of two inclined sides of a roof. 7. the lower phase of a horizontal wave motion. [1250-1300; ME valeie, valey < OF valee, equiv. to val VALE1 + -ee < L -ata, fem. of -atus -ATE1] |
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