valley

/ˈvæli/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈvæli/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈva-lē/ (ame, mw)

valley — 名詞

  • valleysingular
  • valleysplural

1. A low area of land that lies between two hills or mountains, where a river or st

1.名詞A2
釋義

山谷

山與山之間的低地

A low area of land that lies between two hills or mountains, where a river or stream often runs.

例句

The small farming village sits in a wide valley between two wooded hills.

這個小型農業村莊坐落在兩座樹林茂密的山丘之間的一片寬闊山谷中。

in a valley — location preposition

Charlotte stood on the cliff and looked down at the river winding through the valley.

Charlotte 站在懸崖上，看著河流蜿蜒穿過山谷。

同義詞
  • gorge

    A much deeper, narrower valley with very steep rocky sides

  • canyon

    A deep, narrow valley with steep sides, especially in dry or desert areas

  • dale

    A poetic or regional British term for a valley, especially in northern England

  • hollow

    A small valley or basin-shaped low area, often rounded

反義詞
  • mountain

    A very high area of land rising steeply above the surrounding land

  • ridge

    The long, narrow top of a mountain range, opposite to the low ground of a valley

文法句型

valley + of + noun

in/through/across + valley

用法筆記

Frequently paired with a geographical modifier to form compound nouns (valley floor, valley town, valley stream). Prepositions most commonly used are in, through, across, and down.

常見錯誤

❌We climbed up the valley.
✅We walked through the valley.
💡A valley is low ground; to go higher you would climb the mountain, not the valley.