| 词汇 | vale |
| 释义 | valeWord family nounvaleinterjectionvalete Nature vale /veɪl/ noun [countableC] literary → veil1. DNa broad low valley 谷；山谷 2. a/the/this vale of tears literary DIFFICULTan expression used to mean the difficulties of life 生活的磨难，烦恼的尘世 Examples from the Corpus a/the/this vale of tears• The world is a vale of tears, a giant ball of dung.• We all know what next occurred-and here we all are, in this vale of tears. Examples from the Corpus vale• Meandering paths lead among dirt hills into odd little vales and over small bridges.• Great granite fortresses sprang up in the misty vales and from them Dragon Princes rode the thermals over sullen volcanoes.• The economy of the vale was founded on livestock.• The best view of the vale is from the hills surrounding it; it looks like a map spread out.• We all know what next occurred-and here we all are, in this vale of tears.• Something marshy in the fogs of the wide vale of York seemed tonight to poison the gathering vapour. (1300-1400) Old French val, from Latin valles |
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