hillside

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hill·side /ˈhɪlsaɪd/ noun [countableC]

DNthe sloping side of a hill 〔小山的〕山坡

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hillside• Her house was built on a hillside overlooking the ocean.• He could see the grassy wilderness forming a high bank beyond the old bulging stone wall that held back the encroaching hillside.• The high hillside was hollowed out a long, long time ago, in order to create an amphitheater facing the sea.• The harsh logic of survival ruled out such fancies, and not a voice was raised in protest from the listening hillside.• The upper part of the village of Whittington lies on the south-east slope of a steep hillside.• Faint news of the whistle from the nearby paper mill broadcast from the hillsides.• Control over the distribution of cocaine has been settled in the hillside slum communities.• Continue on a clear path up the hillside to reach a stile on the ridge.• The hillsides are still gray from the bare twigs.

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