uplands

IPA/ˈʌpləndz/
KK[ˈʌpləndz]IPA/ˈʌpləndz/

uplands — 名詞

  • uplandssingular
  • uplandsesplural

1. parts of a region where the land rises above the nearby flat country, often fart

1.名詞C1
釋義

高地

地勢較高、離海或河谷較遠的地區

parts of a region where the land rises above the nearby flat country, often farther inland.

例句

Sheep fed on the windy uplands above the river valley.

羊群在河谷上方多風的高地上吃草。

uplands above a lower valley

After the flood, many families moved from wet fields to the uplands.

洪水過後，許多家庭從潮濕的田地搬到高地。

movement from lower ground to higher ground

常見搭配
  • the uplands
  • upland farms
  • upland roads
  • cool uplands
  • windy uplands
同義詞
  • highlands

    usually suggests a rougher or more mountainous high region

  • upland

    the singular form for one area of higher ground, or an adjective before a noun

  • plateau

    a flatter raised area rather than a broad higher district in general

反義詞
  • lowlands

    lower flat ground, especially near rivers or the coast

  • plains

    wide level land without the raised-ground meaning of uplands

文法句型

in the uplands

move to the uplands

uplands above/behind + place

用法筆記

Usually used in the plural for a broad higher district, not for one single hill. Distinguish it from plateau, which suggests a flatter raised area, and from mountain, which usually implies steeper or much higher ground.

常見錯誤

The village sits in an uplands.
The village sits in the uplands.
This noun is normally used as a plural region name, not with 'an'.
Rice grows best in the uplands by the river bank.
Rice grows best in the uplands above the river valley.
Uplands refers to higher ground, not the low land beside a river.

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常見搭配

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常用片語

  • move to the uplands
  • the uplands above the valley
  • snow in the uplands

介系詞搭配

  • in the uplands
  • from the uplands
  • across the uplands