highland
adj
1 of or in mountainous regions 高地的; 高原(地区)的.
2 Highland of or in the Scottish Highlands 苏格兰高地的
Highland cattle (苏格兰出产的)高原牛
Highland dress (苏格兰的)高地人服装. n
1 [C usu pl 通常作复数]
mountainous part of a country 高原地区; 山岳地带.
2 the Highlands[pl]
the mountainous part of Scotland 苏格兰高地. =>illus at App 1 见附录1插图, pages xiv, xv.
The twin towers are 110 storeys high, but high-speed lifts controlled by computer take only a minute to reach the top.
这座双塔式大楼有110层高,而由电脑控制的高速电梯只需一分钟就可以到达塔顶。
It took him some time to connect the long rubber pipe to the air supply pipe that ran round the port, but at last it was done and as a result work was able to progress much faster.
Among the different types of bee, it is the honey bee that has most interested scientists because of the language they use to communicate with each other.