alpine
alpine 英 [ˈælpaɪn] 美 [ˈælˌpaɪn]
adj. 阿尔卑斯山的，高山的
名词复数:alpines
- Use the word alpine to describe something that reminds you of high mountains. You could describe the distant clouds in the sky over the plains as "vaguely alpine."
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- adj. 阿尔卑斯山的，高山的
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1. I was an alpine skier before.
我以前曾是一名高山滑雪者。
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2. He breeds alpine plants.
培植高山植物。
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3. The park is the southern limit for some plants, and rare alpine species that once thrived atop the High Peaks are now at risk of vanishing.
公园是一些南方植物的分界线，而珍贵的高山植物种以前在高峰顶上十分常见，现在已经濒临消失。
- Alpine (adj.) "of the Alps," early 15c., from Latin Alpinus; see Alp. Other adjectives were Alpish (1590s), Alpian (c. 1600), Alpsian (c. 1600). With a small a-, "pertaining to very high mountains," 1845.
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