Recent Examples on the WebThe helicopter slammed into a Calabasas hillside in dense fog on Jan. 26, 2020, killing Kobe and Gianna Bryant, the Chesters and five others on their way to a youth basketball game in Thousand Oaks. Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2022 Kobe Bryant, 41, and Gianna Bryant, 13, were among nine people killed in the January 26, 2020, helicopter crash on a hillside in Calabasas, California. Cheri Mossburg, CNN, 19 Aug. 2022 Suddenly, kids across the 150-acre campus nestled on a woody hillside in Williamstown were glued to their screens, watching the blurry figures jostle. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 16 July 2022 This past week, a group of new Ukrainian military recruits found themselves on a hillside in northwestern England, aiming rifles at a line of targets as a British military instructor looked on. Isabel Coles, WSJ, 9 July 2022 On a hillside in Wallingford, the day is overcast with a fine drizzle as winery owner Joe Gouveia walks among rows of vines that will bear grapes for chardonnay and Moscato wines this fall. Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 22 May 2022 Fire burns along a hillside in the Village of Ruidoso, N.M., on Wednesday, April 13, 2022.CBS News, 23 Apr. 2022 In an effort to contain the flames, firefighters are starting small fires, known as backburns, to try and coax the flames down the hillside—where a road will act as a fire break.CBS News, 12 July 2022 But on March 19, 1984, the remains of both Miller and Nelson were discovered down a hillside off Highway 3, about 40 miles outside of Lewiston. Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE.com, 22 June 2022 See More
ADJECTIVE | VERB + HILLSIDE | HILLSIDE + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤steep陡峭的小山坡➤rocky岩石嶙峋的山坡➤bare, exposed, open (all especially BrE) 光禿禿的/無遮蔽的/開闊的山坡➤grassy, green, wooded青草叢生的/葱翠的/林木覆蓋的山坡◇On our left was a wooded hillside.我們的左邊是一個樹木叢生的山坡。➤terraced修有梯田的山坡◇I was back in wine country, with terraced hillsides on both sides of the road.我回到葡萄酒之鄉,道路兩旁的山坡上都是梯田。➤distant遠處的山坡VERB + HILLSIDE➤be set on坐落在山坡上◇Many of the chalets are set on a hillside reached by steps.許多小木屋搭建在拾級可上的山坡上。➤cover, dot覆蓋着/點綴着山坡◇Tiny flowers dotted the hillside.山坡上點綴着許多小花。HILLSIDE + NOUN➤vineyard丘陵葡萄園➤town, village山城;山村PREPOSITION➤down a/the hillside沿山坡向下◇A stream tumbles down the steep hillside.一條小溪沿着陡峭的山坡奔流而下。➤on a/the hillside在山坡上◇The house was on a hillside outside the town.房子在郊外的山坡上。➤up a/the hillside沿山坡向上◇We clambered up the hillside to the ridge above.我們沿着山坡費力地爬上了山脊。➤hillside above俯瞰⋯的山坡◇the hillside above the town俯瞰全鎮的山坡