upland 英 [ˈʌplənd]   美 [ˈʌplənd, -ˌlænd]

upland

upland  英 [ˈʌplənd] 美 [ˈʌplənd, -ˌlænd]

n. 山地,高地  adj. 山地的,高地的 

名词复数:uplands 

It had come - appearing suddenly from behind the forehead of the nearest upland, and stopping beside the boy with the barrow. 马车已经来了——它似乎是突然从最近那片高地后面出现的,就停在推小车的小伙子旁边。
For generations, the way of life has been 'simple' here: villager s traditionally plant upland rice and rely on forest products for their food and income. 这里一代接一代的人,生活都很「简单」:村民一向种植高地稻米,并依靠森林的出产作为食物和收入来源。

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  • n. 山地,高地
  • adj. 山地的,高地的
  • 1. It had come - appearing suddenly from behind the forehead of the nearest upland, and stopping beside the boy with the barrow.

    马车已经来了——它似乎是突然从最近那片高地后面出现的,就停在推小车的小伙子旁边。

  • 2. For generations, the way of life has been 'simple' here: villager s traditionally plant upland rice and rely on forest products for their food and income.

    这里一代接一代的人,生活都很「简单」:村民一向种植高地稻米,并依靠森林的出产作为食物和收入来源。

  • 3. Behind the city swept the rotund upland of St Catherine's Hill; further off, landscape beyond landscape, till the horizon was lost in the radiance of the sun hanging above it.

    在城市的后面,是圣凯瑟琳山的圆形高地;再往远处,便是越来越远的景物,一直延伸到地平线在天上太阳的照耀下消失的地方。

  • upland (n.) "interior district of a country," Old English upland "the country" (as opposed to the town), from up- + land (n.). As an adjective from 14c. Related: Uplandish (Old English uplendisc "rural rustic"); uplander. Jock Upaland was a 16c.-17c. term for a rustic.
up·land / ˈʌplənd ; NAmE ˈʌplənd / noun [usually plural ] an area of high land that is not near the coast (内陆)高地;山地 up·land adjective [only before noun ] upland agriculture 山区农业 upland uplands up·land / ˈʌplənd ; NAmE ˈʌplənd /
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