[mass noun](亦作 highlands)an area of high or mountainous land 高地,高原,山地 the highlands of Madagascar. 马达加斯加的高地。 [as modifier]a highland region of Vietnam. 越南的一个山区。
(the Highlands)the mountainous part of Scotland, to the north of Glasgow and Stirling, often associated with Gaelic culture 苏格兰高地(在格拉斯哥和斯特林北部,常与盖尔人文化相联系) [as modifier]a Highland regiment. 一个苏格兰高地团。 ■(Highland)an administrative region of northern Scotland; administrative centre, Inverness 海兰(苏格兰北部行政区;行政中心因弗内斯)
派生 highlander noun highlandman ( pl. -men) noun(pl. -men) 语源
Old English hēahlond 'a high promontory' (see high, land)