valley
noun[C]
uk/ˈvæl.i/us/ˈvæl.i/B1
anareaoflowlandbetweenhillsormountains, often with ariverrunningthrough it:
谷;山谷,溪谷the Nile Valley尼罗河谷
the Thames/Hudson valley泰晤士/哈德逊河流域
There wassnowon thehilltopsbut not in the valley.山顶上有雪,但山谷里没有。
- Thehouseoccupiesacommandingpositionat thetopof the valley.
- Changing thecourseof theriverwouldcauseseriousenvironmentaldamageto thewholevalley.
- Thepathdescendedsteeplyinto the valley.
- Awholevalley wasdrownedwhen theriverwasdammed.
- People havelivedin this valley sinceancienttimes.
Geography: valleys
- abyss
- arroyo
- canyon
- chasm
- cirque
- corrie
- cwm
- dale
- defile
- dell
- glen
- gulch
- gully
- hanging valley
- hollow
- inter-valley
- landform
- rift valley
- vale
- wadi