a gentle slope leading from the foot of mountains to a region of flat land 山麓地区,山脚地区 ■(the Piedmont)a hilly region of the eastern US, between the Appalachians and the coastal plain 皮德蒙特山区(位于美国东部阿巴拉契亚山脉和海岸平原之间)
语源
mid 19th cent.: from Italian piemonte 'mountain foot' (see Piedmont)