A rocky hill — specifically a hill with bare rock standing out at the top, often in a strange stacked shape like piled blocks, rising above open grass or moorland with no trees. This is a British word, and a regional one: it belongs above all to Dartmoor and Bodmin Moor in the south-west of England, and to parts of Derbyshire.

A rocky hill岩丘、岩山——specifically具體來說 a hill with bare rock standing out at the top指的是山頂露出裸岩的小山, often in a strange stacked shape like piled blocks常常呈現一種奇怪的堆疊形狀，像堆起來的石塊, rising above open grass or moorland with no trees矗立在開闊、沒有樹木的草地或荒原之上。This這 is a British word是個英式用字, and a regional one而且是地方性的用字: it belongs above all to它主要屬於 Dartmoor and Bodmin Moor in the south-west of England英格蘭西南部的達特穆爾和博德明荒原, and to parts of Derbyshire以及德比郡的部分地區。

You will meet it in place names far more often than in ordinary sentences — Hay Tor, Hound Tor, Brent Tor — and in walking guides, maps and novels set in the English countryside. If you are talking about a rocky hill anywhere else in the world, hill or crag or peak is the word people will expect; tor carries the moor with it.

You你 will meet it會遇到這個字，most often更常見的是 in place names在地名裡 far more often than in ordinary sentences而不是在普通句子裡——Hay Tor, Hound Tor, Brent Tor這些地名——and in walking guides, maps and novels set in the English countryside以及在英國鄉間背景的健行指南、地圖和小說裡。If you are talking about如果你是在講 a rocky hill anywhere else in the world世界上其他地方的岩丘, hill or crag or peak is the word people will expect大家會期待你用 hill、crag 或 peak 這幾個字; tor carries the moor with it因為 tor 這個字帶著荒原的味道。

It is countable: one tor, several tors.

It它 is countable是可數名詞: one tor一座 tor, several tors好幾座 tors。

Note also that Tor spelled with a capital T is something completely different and much more famous today — the anonymous web browser, from The Onion Router — but that is a modern acronym and shares nothing with this old word.

Note also另外要注意 that Tor spelled with a capital T大寫 T 開頭的 Tor is something completely different and much more famous today是個完全不同、而且現在有名得多的東西——the anonymous web browser那個匿名瀏覽器, from The Onion Router全名是 The Onion Router「洋蔥路由」——but that is a modern acronym但那是個現代的縮寫, and shares nothing with this old word跟這個古老的字一點關係都沒有。