- 1地勢低的、低窪（離海平面不高，容易淹水）
Low-lying land is not far above the sea. It is about the height of the ground, not about a person’s height. Farms, towns, and islands on low-lying land can flood when the sea rises or when rain is heavy. News and maps use it: low-lying areas were told to leave. Hills are the other idea. A low-lying place can be beautiful and still in danger. You almost always say it of land, fields, coasts, or areas — not of buildings (those are just “low”) and not of people.
Low-lying 指土地離海平面不高，說的是地面的高度，不是人的身高。這類地方的農田、城鎮或島嶼，在海水上升或大雨時容易淹水，所以新聞和地圖常會用到，例如 「low-lying areas were told to leave」（低窪地區被要求撤離）。相對的概念是山丘。低窪的地方也可能很美，但仍然有危險。
這個詞幾乎只用在土地、田野、海岸或區域上；建築物只說 low，人也不用這個詞。
組成low（低）+ lying（來自 lie：躺在、座落在某個位置）
同家族的字
- lie“lying” here is from “lie” — to be in a place, not to tell a lie
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
low-lyingadj/ˈləʊˈlaɪ.ɪŋ/
- 1
Lower than nearby areas.
- Coastal defences were breached at many places from the Humber right round to the outskirts of London, and the inundation of low-lying lands caused damage on a scale unequalled within living memory.
- The route passes over low-lying land, the only item of note being the Cerebos salt works at Greatham, where one may catch a glimpse of the smart black diesel locomotive emblazoned with the firm's name writ large.
- 2
geographynatural-sciencesLocated or situated below or near a sea level.
- low-lying islands
- 3
Of a person, lying low; concealed; hidden.
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