mountainous

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈmaʊn.tɪ.nəs/    美 /ˈmaʊn.tɪ.nəs/|/ˈmaʊn.tə.nəs/|[ˈmæʊn.tn̩.əs]|[-ʔn̩-]|[ˈmæ̃ʊ̃(n)-]|/ˈmæɔn.tɪ.nəs/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Having many mountains; characterized by mountains; of the nature of a mountain; rough (terrain); rocky.
    — [Water vapour bubbles] hit againſt the ſides of the more eminent and Mountainous Places, of the Globe, and by this Concuſſion are condenſed, and thus become heavier than the Air they ſvvom in, and ſo gleet dovvn the rocky Caverns of theſe Mountains, […]
  2. Resembling a mountain, especially in size; huge; towering.
    — But the added size did not give them an advantage this time. Not when Kanter and Adams, two mountainous players, could match the Knicks’ girth with their own.
  3. Very difficult. figuratively
    — As Brazil faced the mountainous task of completing an Olympic venue before the opening ceremony, Chinese netizens got busy molehilling a remark by a Rio construction manager about their China supplier.
  4. Inhabiting mountains; hence, barbarous. obsolete

词形变化

more mountainous comparative most mountainous superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
intramountainous mountainously mountainousness nonmountainous unmountainous
相关词
mountain hilly

词源

From mountain + -ous after Middle French montagneux, from Late Latin montāniōsus, from montānia, from Latin montem (“mountain”).
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