mountainous
/ˈmaʊntənəs/adjective
उच्चारण माउन्टनस
पहाड़ी, पर्वतीय
Core word
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very large in size or amount
विशाल, बहुत बड़ा, पहाड़ जैसा
- mountainous waves
- a mountainous pile of files
- Mountainous waves crashed against the ship.
+ 2 more examples
- He faced a mountainous task of correcting a thousand papers.
- The company had mountainous debts.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
mountainous (region meaning)
It describes a place with many mountains. It comes before a noun or after 'be', and it is not used for one single mountain.
यह बहुत-से पर्वतों वाले स्थान का वर्णन करता है। यह noun से पहले या 'be' के बाद आता है और किसी एक पर्वत के लिए नहीं बोला जाता।
- Bhutan is a small mountainous country.
- The northern part of the state is mountainous.
mountainous (size meaning)
In a figurative sense, it means huge, as in 'mountainous waves' or 'a mountainous task'. It is more literary than 'enormous'.
लाक्षणिक अर्थ में इसका अर्थ विशाल है, जैसे 'mountainous waves' या 'a mountainous task'। यह 'enormous' से अधिक साहित्यिक है।
- The ship was tossed by mountainous waves.
- He faced a mountainous pile of debts.
mountainous vs hilly
'Hilly' means with small hills and gentle slopes. 'Mountainous' means with high peaks and steep slopes.
'Hilly' का अर्थ है छोटी पहाड़ियों और हल्की ढलानों वाला। 'Mountainous' का अर्थ है ऊँची चोटियों और तीखी ढलानों वाला।
- Pune is hilly, but Ladakh is mountainous.
mountainous vs mountain (adjective)
The adjective 'mountainous' describes a region as a whole. The noun 'mountain' used as a modifier belongs to one place or feature: 'mountain village'.
Adjective 'mountainous' पूरे क्षेत्र का वर्णन करता है, जबकि modifier के रूप में noun 'mountain' किसी एक स्थान या विशेषता से जुड़ता है: 'mountain village'।
- It is a mountainous area with only one mountain village.
+Collocations 5
mountainous + noun
regionterraincountryareastatecoast
- The army trained in mountainous terrain.
adverb + mountainous
veryhighlyextremelymostlylargely
- The region is largely mountainous, so farming is difficult.
mountainous + noun (size)
wavesseastaskpiledebt
- Fishermen refused to sail in mountainous seas.
mountainous + feature
landscapesceneryborderroadvillage
- The mountainous scenery attracts thousands of tourists.
life in mountainous areas
transportfarmingrainfallclimatepopulation
- Transport is a big problem in mountainous areas.
“More examples 5
- Nepal is a mountainous country that attracts climbers from all over the world.
नेपाल एक पर्वतीय देश है जो दुनिया भर के पर्वतारोहियों को आकर्षित करता है।
- Building a railway line in mountainous regions is expensive.
पर्वतीय क्षेत्रों में रेल-लाइन बनाना महँगा होता है।
- The driver was careful on the narrow, mountainous road.
चालक संकरी और पहाड़ी सड़क पर सावधानी से चल रहा था।
- Radhika felt that the syllabus was a mountainous task, but she took it step by step.
राधिका को पाठ्यक्रम एक पहाड़ जैसा कार्य लगा, पर उसने उसे चरण-दर-चरण पूरा किया।
- Heavy snowfall is common in the mountainous parts of Kashmir.
कश्मीर के पर्वतीय हिस्सों में भारी हिमपात आम है।
!Common mistakes 1
✗ The state is full with mountainous areas.
✓ The state is full of mountainous areas.
'Full' is followed by 'of', not 'with'.
'Full' के बाद 'of' आता है, 'with' नहीं।