name given to the fertile upland region along the eastern slope of the Appalachians, 1755, originally piemont, from Italian Piemonte, literally "mountain foot," name of the region at the foot of the Alps in northern Italy (see Piedmont). With -d- added by 1855. Applied to similar features of other mountain ranges by 1860.
Piedmont
region in northern Italy, from Old Italian pie di monte "foot of the mountains," from pie "foot" (see foot (n.)) + monte "mountain" (see mount (n.)). Related: Piedmontese.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Recent years, and gas exploration in piedmont areas is widely concentrated.
近幾年, 山前地區(qū)的油氣勘探受到廣泛的關(guān)注.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
2. In the year 1811 I was transferred to Piedmont in France.
一八一一年,我從皮埃蒙特被轉(zhuǎn)押到了法國(guó).
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
3. ANSEME grows its seeds in several Italian regions : Lombardy, Piedmont , Umbria, Abruzzo and Apulia.