vale
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++vale /veɪl/ noun [countable] literary 1. 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
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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.Origin vale (1300-1400) Old French val, from Latin vallesvale nounChinese
a broad valley Corpus low
vale
vale /veɪl/
noun [countable] literary
2. a/the/this vale of tears an expression used to mean the difficulties of life
vale /veɪl/
noun [countable] literary Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: val, from Latin valles
1. a broad low valleyLanguage: Old French
Origin: val, from Latin valles
2. a/the/this vale of tears an expression used to mean the difficulties of life