单词 MOUNTAIN的词源
From Old French montaigne, from Vulgar Latin montānea (unattested) mountainous, from Latin montānus, from mons mountain.
«MOUNTAIN»的英语 引用
单词
mountain的知名引用和例句
I don't bench press, but I use machines to work 10-12 muscle groups. Biceps, triceps, a few things for the back, calves, shoulders and so on - and then I'll go on the running machine, cross-trainer or mountain climber.
Bald as the bare mountain tops are bald, with a baldness full of grandeur.
I had the Big Horn river explored from Wind River mountain to my place of embarkation.
The principal or highest part of the mountain having changed its direction to east and west, I ascended it in such manner as to leave its most elevated ranges to the south and travelled north west over a very rough and broken country generally covered with snow.
I'll love you, dear, I'll love you till China and Africa meet and the river jumps over the mountain and the salmon sing in the street.
If there was the opportunity to climb a mountain, or to go ballooning, or some adventurous activity, I would always be keen to do it. I loved the countryside.
As a child growing up in a grey-skied Yorkshire village, I would occasionally happen upon a Bollywood movie on the television. After a few minutes watching a bunch of sari-clad dancers cavorting on a Swiss mountain to tuneless music, I would switch over to some proper drama about housing estates and single mothers.
I live here in Vermont, in a village of barely a thousand people halfway up the state's third highest mountain.
Mountain hikes instilled in me a life-long urge to get to the top of any inviting summit or peak.
I, like most of my friends, couldn't believe I bought a mountain called Misery mountain, because it was so appropriate.
与 «MOUNTAIN»相关的英语书籍
在以下的参考文献中发现
mountain的用法。与
mountain相关的书籍以及同一来源的简短摘要提供其在 英语文献中的使用情境。
1
The Seven Storey
Mountain
A celebration of Merton's spiritual autobiography is accompanied by an introduction from the editor and a note from Merton's biographer
This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features a table of contents linked to every chapter.
3
Salvation on Sand
Mountain: Snake Handling and Redemption in ...
Set in the heart of Appalachia, Salvation on Sand Mountain is Covington’s unsurpassed and chillingly captivating exploration of the nature, power, and extremity of faith—an exploration that gradually turns inward, until Covington finds ...
4
In the Shadow of the
Mountain
Clare Newton, a journalist, travels to Switzerland to bring home the body of her grandfather, which has appeared from the bottom of a glacier 74 years after a climbing accident.
In 1997, Charles Frazier’s debut novel Cold Mountain made publishing history when it sailed to the top of The New York Times best-seller list for sixty-one weeks, won numerous literary awards, including the National Book Award, and went ...
6
Magnetic
Mountain: Stalinism as a Civilization
"A kind of archaeological analysis of Soviet life during the momentous years of Stalinist industrialization."--Lewis Siegelbaum, Michigan State University
7
The Way to Rainy
Mountain
And this is particularly true of the oral tradition, which exists in a dimension of timelessness. I was first told these stories by my father when I was a child. I do not know how long they had existed before I heard them.
8
The Bear Went Over the
Mountain: Soviet Combat Tactics in ...
This book will also be of interest to the historian and general reader, who will discover that advances in technology have had little impact on this kind of war, and that many of the same tactics the British Army used on the Northwest ...
9
Go tell it on the
mountain : [a novel]
This novel of Black life in America is written with an impartial attitude <
10
Brokeback
Mountain: Now a Major Motion Picture
The New Yorker won the National Magazine Award for Fiction for its publication of "Brokeback Mountain," and the story was included in Prize Stories 1998: The O. Henry Awards.
包含词语«MOUNTAIN»的新条目
找出国内和国际出版社所讨论的内容，以及词语
mountain在以下新条目的上下文中是如何使用的。
Milwaukees Beast: The Mysterious Mountain Lion Terrifying Wisconsin
Is grainy video of a mysterious, prowling creature really the 'Milwaukee lion'? As the authorities go on the hunt, it's quickly become a ... «Daily Beast, 七月 15»
High up on a Pakistani mountain, a success story for moderate Islam
KARIMABAD, Pakistan —Visitors to this stunningly beautiful valley, towered over by five snow-capped mountains, sometimes feel as if they are ... «Washington Post, 七月 15»
New NASA image reveals second mountain range in Pluto's 'heart'
A new image from the New Horizons spacecraft's Pluto flyby has revealed a second mountain range within a heart-shaped region on the dwarf ... «Fox News, 七月 15»
City of Missoula rejects Mountain Water's valuation offer
Mountain Water Co. and owner The Carlyle Group submitted Wednesday a proposed value of the Mountain Water system – but they did so ... «The Missoulian, 七月 15»
Mountain Lions Recolonizing in Midwest, Researchers Say
A possible mountain lion sighting in Milwaukee was captured on cellphone video as experts warn of an increase in mountain lions in the ... «NBC Chicago, 七月 15»
Confirmed mountain lion sightings increase in Missouri, Kansas
"Over the last few years we have seen more mountain lion sightings in Missouri. What this means we are still trying to interpret," said Francis ... «KY3, 七月 15»
Atlanta councilman flooded with emails over Stone Mountain
Many people don't like Atlanta City Councilman Michael Bond's idea that the Stone Mountain memorial be changed and they are making their ... «MyFox Atlanta, 七月 15»
Casper Mountain Campground Maintenance
News 13's Amanda del Castillo learns when Casper Mountain camping facilities last saw improvements, and how the sites are maintained. «KCWY 13 Where News Comes First, 七月 15»
Paris Mountain State Park gets significant land addition
GREENVILLE – On any given Sunday at Paris Mountain State Park, the parking lots are overflowing, the trails are packed with hikers and ... «Greenville News, 七月 15»
Trespassing at center of Giles County landowners lawsuit against …
Landowners in Giles County say pipeline surveyors don't have permission to get on their property. Wednesday they took Mountain Valley ... «WDBJ7, 七月 15»
