A corrie is a deep, rounded hollow high on a mountain, like a giant bowl cut into the slope, often with steep walls and a lake at the bottom. Ice carved many of them long ago.

A corrie is a deep, rounded hollow high on a mountaincorrie是高山上一個深深的圓形凹地, like a giant bowl cut into the slope就像山坡上被切出一個巨大的碗, often with steep walls and a lake at the bottom常常四周陡峭，底部還有一個湖. Ice carved many of them long ago很多都是很久以前冰川雕刻出來的.

The word is mainly British, and especially Scottish; American English usually says cirque for the same land shape, and Welsh English may say cwm. You will see it on maps and in geography more than in everyday talk.

The word is mainly British, and especially Scottish這個字主要是英式用語，尤其是蘇格蘭; American English usually says cirque for the same land shape美式英文對同樣的地形通常說cirque, and Welsh English may say cwm威爾斯英文則可能說cwm. You will see it你會在 on maps and in geography more than in everyday talk地圖和地理課本上看到它，日常對話比較少用.

Though actually, Corrie is also a surname and a short form of a given name, so if you only hear it, it may be a person, not a mountain.

Though actually其實, Corrie is also a surnameCorrie也是一個姓氏 and a short form of a given name也是某個名字的簡稱, so if you only hear it所以如果你只是聽到這個字, it may be a person, not a mountain它可能指的是一個人，不是一座山.

The land sense comes from a Gaelic word for a cauldron — people looked at the hollow and thought of a cooking pot in the hillside.

The land sense comes from a Gaelic word for a cauldron這個地形用法來自蓋爾語裡「大鍋」的字 — people looked at the hollow and thought of a cooking pot in the hillside——人們看著這個凹地，聯想到山坡上的一口鍋子.