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valley 音標拼音: [v'æli] n. 山谷,溪谷,流域,凹地 山谷,溪穀,流域,凹地 valley n 1: a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river [ synonym: { valley}, { vale}] Valley \ Val" ley\, n.; pl. { Valleys}. [ OE. vale, valeie, OF. val[' e] e, valede, F. vall[' e] e, LL. vallata, L. vallis, valles. See { Vale}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. The space inclosed between ranges of hills or mountains; the strip of land at the bottom of the depressions intersecting a country, including usually the bed of a stream, with frequently broad alluvial plains on one or both sides of the stream. Also used figuratively. [ 1913 Webster] The valley of the shadow of death. -- Ps. xxiii. 4. [ 1913 Webster] Sweet interchange Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Deep and narrow valleys with abrupt sides are usually the results of erosion by water, and are called { gorges}, { ravines}, { canyons}, { gulches}, etc. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Arch.) ( a) The place of meeting of two slopes of a roof, which have their plates running in different directions, and form on the plan a reentrant angle. ( b) The depression formed by the meeting of two slopes on a flat roof. [ 1913 Webster] { Valley board} ( Arch.), a board for the reception of the lead gutter in the valley of a roof. The valley board and lead gutter are not usual in the United States. { Valley rafter}, or { Valley piece} ( Arch.), the rafter which supports the valley. { Valley roof} ( Arch.), a roof having one or more valleys. See { Valley}, 2, above. [ 1913 Webster] 88 Moby Thesaurus words for " valley": abysm, abyss, arroyo, bottom, bottom glade, bottoms, box canyon, breach, break, canyon, cavity, chap, chasm, check, chimney, chink, cirque, cleft, cleuch, clough, col, comb, combe, corrie, coulee, couloir, crack, cranny, crevasse, crevice, cut, cwm, dale, defile, dell, dike, dingle, ditch, donga, draw, excavation, fault, fissure, flaw, flume, fracture, furrow, gap, gape, gash, gill, glen, gorge, groove, grove, gulch, gulf, gully, hole, hollow, incision, intervale, joint, kloof, leak, lunar rill, moat, notch, nullah, opening, pass, passage, ravine, rent, rift, rime, rupture, scissure, seam, slit, slot, split, strath, trench, trough, vale, void, wadiValley ( 1.) Heb. bik' ah, a " cleft" of the mountains ( Deut. 8: 7; 11: 11; Ps. 104: 8; Isa. 41: 18); also a low plain bounded by mountains, as the plain of Lebanon at the foot of Hermon around the sources of the Jordan ( Josh. 11: 17; 12: 7), and the valley of Megiddo ( 2 Chr. 35: 22). ( 2.) ' Emek, " deep;" " a long, low plain" ( Job 39: 10, 21; Ps. 65: 13; Cant. 2: 1), such as the plain of Esdraelon; the " valley of giants" ( Josh. 15: 8), usually translated " valley of Rephaim" ( 2 Sam. 5: 18); of Elah ( 1 Sam. 17: 2), of Berachah ( 2 Chr. 20: 26); the king' s " dale" ( Gen. 14: 17); of Jehoshaphat ( Joel 3: 2, 12), of Achor ( Josh. 7: 24; Isa. 65: 10), Succoth ( Ps. 60: 6), Ajalon ( Josh. 10: 12), Jezreel ( Hos. 1: 5). ( 3.) Ge, " a bursting," a " flowing together," a narrow glen or ravine, such as the valley of the children of Hinnom ( 2 Kings 23: 10); of Eshcol ( Deut. 1: 24); of Sorek ( Judg. 16: 4), etc. The " valley of vision" ( Isa. 22: 1) is usually regarded as denoting Jerusalem, which " may be so called," says Barnes ( Com. on Isa.), " either ( 1) because there were several valleys within the city and adjacent to it, as the vale between Mount Zion and Moriah, the vale between Mount Moriah and Mount Ophel, between these and Mount Bezetha, and the valley of Jehoshaphat, the valley of the brook Kidron, etc., without the walls of the city; or ( 2) more probably it was called the valley in reference to its being compassed with hills rising to a considerable elevation above the city" ( Ps. 125: 2; comp. also Jer. 21: 13, where Jerusalem is called a " valley"). ( 4.) Heb. nahal, a wady or water- course ( Gen. 26: 19; Cant. 6: 11). Valley, NE -- U. S. city in Nebraska Population ( 2000): 1788 Housing Units ( 2000): 760 Land area ( 2000): 1. 515030 sq. miles ( 3. 923910 sq. km) Water area ( 2000): 0. 033750 sq. miles ( 0. 087411 sq. km) Total area ( 2000): 1. 548780 sq. miles ( 4. 011321 sq. km) FIPS code: 50020 Located within: Nebraska ( NE), FIPS 31 Location: 41. 314199 N, 96. 348250 W ZIP Codes ( 1990): 68064 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Valley, NE Valley
Valley, AL -- U. S. city in Alabama Population ( 2000): 9198 Housing Units ( 2000): 4194 Land area ( 2000): 9. 741416 sq. miles ( 25. 230150 sq. km) Water area ( 2000): 0. 000000 sq. miles ( 0. 000000 sq. km) Total area ( 2000): 9. 741416 sq. miles ( 25. 230150 sq. km) FIPS code: 78204 Located within: Alabama ( AL), FIPS 01 Location: 32. 811387 N, 85. 177938 W ZIP Codes ( 1990): 36854 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Valley, AL Valley
Valley- Hi, PA -- U. S. borough in Pennsylvania Population ( 2000): 20 Housing Units ( 2000): 29 Land area ( 2000): 0. 504223 sq. miles ( 1. 305932 sq. km) Water area ( 2000): 0. 064571 sq. miles ( 0. 167238 sq. km) Total area ( 2000): 0. 568794 sq. miles ( 1. 473170 sq. km) FIPS code: 79644 Located within: Pennsylvania ( PA), FIPS 42 Location: 40. 026222 N, 78. 196071 W ZIP Codes ( 1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Valley- Hi, PA Valley- Hi Valley, PA Valley |
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