| 单词 | 群山 |
| 释义 | 〔sierra〕Perhaps in formal contextsit is wise after mentioning a mountain range such as the Sierra Nevadato refer to it next asthe Sierras rather thanthe Sierra Mountains, sincemountains is inherent in sierra. Nonetheless, many Californians and Nevadans in particular will be very familiar with phrases such asthe Sierra Mountains. Such phrases are used because to a non-Spanish speakersierra does not necessarily have a meaning, unless one is familiar with the English wordsierra, "a rugged range of mountains having an irregular profile,” borrowed from Spanish. In Spanishsierra originally meant "saw" and so was aptly applied to a range of hills or mountains rising in peaks that suggested the teeth of a saw.It comes from Latinserra, "saw,” to which can also be traced our wordserrated. 也许在正式的语境中，提到了一山脉如内华达山脉之后，紧接着再提到时称为the Sierra ， 而不是the Sierra Mountains ， 因为mountains 是包含在 sierra 之中的。 尽管如此，许多加利福尼亚人，尤其是内华达人对类似the Sierra Mountains 这样的词组很熟悉。 使用这样的词组是因为对一个非西班牙语的人来说，sierra 一词并不一定有意义， 除非是一个熟悉这个从西班牙语中借用来的英语单词sierra （一崎岖的山脉，有曲折的轮廓）的人。 在西班牙语中，sierra 原意为“锯子”， 所以很恰当地被用来指峰峦叠起，使人联想起锯齿的山脉或群山。这个词来源于拉丁文serra （锯子）， serrated 也可以追溯到这个拉丁词 〔adularia〕after Adula , a mountain group of southeast Switzerland 源自 阿杜拉山 ，瑞士东南部的群山 〔distant〕faraway mountains and lakes.远处的群山和湖泊。〔whence〕"I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help" (Psalms). “我将抬起双眼望向群山，从那里我的救助将会到来” （赞美诗）。〔Lucerne〕A city of central Switzerland on the northern shore of theLake of Lucerne, an irregularly shaped lake surrounded by mountains. The city developed around a monastery founded in the eighth century and is a major resort. Population, 61,000. 卢塞恩市：瑞士中部的一座城市，位于群山环抱的且形状不规则的卢塞恩湖 的北岸。这座城市是围绕一个18世纪建立的寺庙发展起来的。现在是一个主要游览胜地。人口61,000 〔beset〕"the mountains which beset it round"(Nathaniel Hawthorne)“群山环抱”(纳撒尼尔·霍索恩)〔anaphora〕"We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills"(Winston S. Churchill)“我们要在海滩上战斗，我们要在陆地上战斗，我们要在田野和街道上战斗，我们要在群山里战斗”(温斯顿S.丘吉尔)〔cordillera〕An extensive chain of mountains or mountain ranges, especially the principal mountain system of a continent.山脉，山系：范围广大的一群山脉或山区，尤指一块大陆的主要山脉系统 |
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