喜樂美語
  1. 1nB1/ˈvæli/山谷

    A lower area of land between two lines of hills or mountains, often with a river running through it.

    A lower area of land一塊較低的土地, between two lines of hills or mountains位於兩條山丘或山脈之間, often通常 with a river running through it有一條河流貫穿其中.

    示範例句 · Example

    The small village sits in a green valley between two mountains.

    逐字那個小村莊座落在兩座山之間一個綠色的山谷裡。

    「valley」在英文裡的核心意思是「兩排山或丘陵中間那塊比較低的地」，常常有一條河從中間流過。可以想成「山跟山之間凹下去的那條長長的低地」。它跟 hill（小山）、mountain（高山）剛好相反——山是凸起來、谷是凹下去；要記住 valley 是「整片低地」，不是只有河本身。

    常見搭配

    • a green / fertile valley

      綠色／肥沃的山谷

      a valley with lots of plants and good soil

      Farmers grow rice in the fertile valley near the river.

    • flow through the valley

      流經山谷

      (of a river) to run along the bottom of a valley

      The river flows through the valley and down to the sea.

    • down in the valley

      在山谷下方

      in the low area of the valley

      It was warmer up on the hill than down in the valley.

    用法接近

    canyonbasin

core核心畫面

Picture standing at the bottom of a dip in the land, hills rising on both sides, maybe a river through — that low strip between two ranges is a valley.

可以想成站在地勢凹下去的最低處，兩邊各有一排山往上聳，中間也許還有一條河蜿蜒流過——夾在兩列山丘或山脈之間、低下去的那一條地帶，就是山谷。

複數 valleys

用法接近

canyonbasin

原始詞典資料12 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Valleyname/ˈvæli/

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    A surname from landforms.

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valleynoun/ˈvæli/

  • 1

    An elongated depression cast between hills or mountains, often with a river flowing through it.

    • The Indus River valley was the site of an ancient civilization.
    • [I]t sank down through the air and poured over the ground in a manner rather liquid than gaseous, abandoning the hills, and streaming into the valleys and ditches and water-courses even as I have heard the carbonic acid gas that pours from volcanic clefts is wont to do.
  • 2

    An area which drains itself into a river.

  • 3

    Any structure resembling one, e.g. the interior angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.

valleyverb/ˈvæli/

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    rareTo form the shape of a valley.

    • These hues of red rose and green and pale green, ruffled and pouted in the billowy white of the dress ballooning and valleying softly, like a yacht before the sail bends low; […]
    • Over Govino Bay, looking up from the water’s edge, the landscape resembles nothing so much as the hills above Genova, valleying into the sea, […]

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

  • the San Fernando Valley
  • Silicon Valley

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