wold
noun[Cusually plural]
UKuk/wəʊld/us/woʊld/anareaof highopenland:
山地,高地,荒野They wentridingout along theridgeof the wold toward Burythorpe.他们沿着山脊荒野向布瑞索普骑去。
Ifollowedtheroadup onto thetopof the wolds.我沿着道路向上走到高地荒野的最高处。
Wold
used in thenamesof Britishplaceswhere there is anareaof highopenland:
(用于英国地名中)...丘陵Stow on the Wold斯托昂泽沃尔德
the Lincolnshire Wolds林肯郡丘陵
Beverley is amarkettownnestlingin the Wolds ofEastYorkshire.贝弗利是东约克郡一个被丘陵环抱的集镇。
- Up thelongslowhillfrom Sherborne, over themainOxfordto Bathroad, there arebleak,windsweptwolds,flatas apancake.
- TheVikingWay is a 140milerouteover the Lincolnshire Wolds from the Humber Bridge to Oakham, Leicester.
- Shereturnedhometo herbirthplace, Ashton Wold in Northamptonshire, tostudyfarming.
Geography: hills & mountains
- acclivity
- craggy
- escarpment
- esker
- highlands
- landform
- Marilyn
- mesa
- mid-ocean ridge
- motte
- pinnacle
- precipitous
- scarp
- slope
- spur
- steep
- the Adirondack Mountains
- the Alaska Range
- the Alps
- the Andes
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