valley: [13] Valley comes via Anglo-Norman valey from *vallāta, a Vulgar Latin derivative of Latin vallis ‘valley’, whose origins are uncertain. A more direct English descendant of vallis is vale [13]. => vale
valley (n.)
c. 1300, from Anglo-French valey, Old French valee "a valley" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *vallata, from Latin vallis "valley," of unknown origin. Valley Girl (in reference to San Fernando Valley of California) was popularized 1982 in song by Frank Zappa and his daughter. Valley of Death (Psalm xxiii:4) was rendered in Middle English as Helldale (mid-13c.).
实用例句
1. The guerrillas were holding out in the Paghman valley.
游击队员正在帕格曼山谷地区坚持抵抗。
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2. The truck was trundling along the escarpment of the Zambesi valley.
卡车沿着赞比西山谷的绝壁缓缓行进。
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3. These Severn Valley woods have been exploited for timber since Saxon times.
从撒克逊时代起就开始采伐塞文山谷的这些树林获取木料。
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4. A broken blue line means the course of a waterless valley.
蓝色虚线代表无水流过的山谷。
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5. Tourists can visit outlying areas like the Napa Valley Wine Country.
