山脉[shān mài][地理]mountain range; mountain chain; ridge; montes （月面）; cordillera举例：我在山脉西侧陡峭的高处成功地急转弯。I executed the hairpin turn high on the sheer western face of the mountains利古里亚的沿海城市坐落在陡峭山脉下的狭长地带上。The coastal cities of Liguria sit on narrow strips of land lying under steepmountains.电影讲述了一群人在安第斯山脉零度以下的环境中生存下来的真实故事。The film tells the true story of a group who survived in the Andes in sub-zerotemperatures.中东地区的两大河流发源于土耳其境内的山脉。The two great rivers of the Middle East rise in the mountains of Turkey.马西山是阿迪朗达克山脉中最高的山。Mount Marcy is the highest mountain in the Adirondacks.他们零星散居在安第斯山脉的高处。They live high in the Andes, in small and dispersed groups. 主体山脉呈东西走向。The principal range runs east to west. 品都斯山脉构成了流向爱琴海和爱奥尼亚海的河流的分水岭。The Pindus mountains form the watershed between rivers flowing to theAegean Sea and to the Ionian sea. 过了平原便是光秃秃的山脉。Beyond the plain the mountains were brown and bare. 落基山脉位于美国西部。The Rocky Mountains lie in the west part of america.