wold

IPA/wəʊld/
KK[wˈold]IPA/woʊld/

wold — noun

  • woldsingular
  • woldsplural

1. a large stretch of high, open countryside with few or no trees, typically with g

1.名詞C2
釋義

a large stretch of high, open countryside with few or no trees, typically with gently rolling slopes

例句

Ingrid stood on the wold and watched clouds race across the sky.

A cold wind swept across the wold, bending the long grass flat.

collocation: swept across the wold

同義詞
  • moor

    wetter, more peaty ground; common in northern and southwestern England

  • heath

    more shrubby, with gorse and heather; often sandier soil

  • down

    specifically chalk hills; most common in southern England

  • fell

    used in northern England and Scotland for high open moorland

反義詞
  • valley

    low land between hills or mountains

  • lowland

    flat land at a low elevation

文法句型

on the wold

across the wold

用法筆記

Mainly used in British English for the open chalk and limestone uplands of eastern and southern England. Rare in American English.

常見錯誤

❌We walked across the wold forest.
✅We walked across the wold.
💡A wold is open land, not a forest; the Old English root meant 'woodland' but modern wolds are treeless.

2. a geographical term for high open countryside that forms part of many British pl

2.名詞C2
釋義

a geographical term for high open countryside that forms part of many British place names, such as the Cotswolds and the Yorkshire Wolds

例句

The Cotswolds are one of the most visited wolds in England.

place-name pattern: the Cotswolds

Farid's family has farmed on the Yorkshire Wolds for five generations.

place-name pattern: the Yorkshire Wolds

文法句型

the ... Wolds

... -on-the-Wold

用法筆記

Almost always appears with a place-name qualifier, such as 'Cotswolds' or 'Yorkshire Wolds', or embedded within a town name like 'Stow-on-the-Wold'. Distinguish from sense 1: this sense refers specifically to the word's role in toponyms rather than the landform itself.

常見錯誤

❌I visited Wold in England.
✅I visited the Yorkshire Wolds in England.
💡'Wold' by itself is not a single place; it forms part of longer place names.