(noun.) a mountainous region of northern Scotland famous for its rugged beauty; known for the style of dress (the kilt and tartan) and the clan system (now in disuse).
弗洛西录入
双语例句
With this resolution I traversed the northern highlands, and fixed on one of the remotest of the Orkneys as the scene labours. 玛丽·雪莱.弗兰肯斯坦.
A hospitality nearly of the same kind was exercised not many years ago in many different parts of the Highlands of Scotland. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
You might have come straight from chambers in the Temple,' instead of having been two months in the Highlands! 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔.南方与北方.
After leaving Memphis, there are no such highlands coming to the water's edge on the east shore until Vicksburg is reached. 尤利西斯·格兰特.U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
We will go to the Highlands. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
And should we not be happy, Caroline, in the Highlands? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
Three shillings a-week, the same price, very nearly still continues to be paid in some parts of the Highlands and Western islands. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
It is not uncommon, I have been frequently told, in the Highlands of Scotland, for a mother who has born twenty children not to have two alive. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
In countries which have little commerce, on the contrary, such as Wales, or the Highlands of Scotland, they are very common. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
It is impossible there should be such a trade as even that of a nailer in the remote and inland parts of the highlands of Scotland. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
A crown, half a crown, a sheep, a lamb, was some years ago, in the Highlands of Scotland, a common rent for lands which maintained a family. 亚当·斯密.国富论.