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Definition of veld in English: veld(also veldt) noun vɛltvɛlt mass nounOpen, uncultivated country or grassland in southern Africa. It is conventionally divided by altitude into highveld, middleveld, and lowveld. 斐勒得（非洲南部的荒原或草原；按照海拔高度分为高斐勒得、中斐勒得和低斐勒得） Example sentencesExamples - It is a plot of around 20 acres, with veld surrounding the koppie, which is around 80 metres high.
- When the house was built the view north was largely of bare veld.
- Scattered amongst the rock kopjes and rolling veldt of the north are memorials to other wars from the region's bloody past.
- Beyond the shops was bare veld; nowadays this is the rundown residential area of Kliptown.
- The farm owner said hailstones the size of hen's eggs battered his valuable grazing veld and totally destroyed his crops.
- The persistent dry conditions in the northern provinces and along the south and east coasts led to numerous fires in which thousands of hectares of veld burned.
- It may not be quite as thrilling to photograph a lion or a zebra in a zoo as it is in the veld of Africa, but you can still make some terrific pictures.
- South Africa's eastern coastal zone has relatively high rainfall, but the western veld tapers into the Kalahari desert.
- Cattle and sheep were grazed largely on the open veld well into the twentieth century.
- His use of vast unframed canvasses to capture the vibrancy of the African veld, is said to be ‘extremely powerful’.
- Five kilometres from the city centre is an indigenous piece of veld of great historical importance to the people of Johannesburg.
- Dusk falls across the South African veld and the young men trot on to the floodlit pitch for another evening's training.
- While you're down south, check out Klipriviersberg Nature Reserve, a big piece of veld that has traces of Jo'burg's history of early indigenous peoples, going back 500 years.
- The Garden is a delight of immaculate lawns and shady trees for picnics, combined with open veld with indigenous grasses, shrubs and trees.
- Remember that when Baker built this house and looked out over the northern suburbs of Johannesburg he saw veld and rocks, and not a single tree.
- In the west are well-watered hills, rich in iron ore, from which run several rivers to the dry veld in the middle of the country.
- Founded during the 1886 gold rush, Johannesburg had grown by the second half of the last century into a Manhattan of tower blocks amid the endless African veldt.
- The park has three distinct sections of lush green jungle and African-style veldt that look like they came straight out of a National Geographic documentary.
- Klipriviersberg, in the south, has 680 hectares of open veld and unspoilt koppies for hiking.
- A pride of lions on the veldt in Africa will allow a solitary African to pass close by without harm and so will a leopard in a tree, but they will kill hunters.
Synonyms grassland, flatland, lowland, pasture, meadowland, open country, prairie, savannah, steppe
OriginAfrikaans, from Dutch, literally 'field'. Rhymesbelt, Celt, dealt, dwelt, felt, gelt, knelt, melt, misdealt, pelt, Scheldt, smelt, spelt, svelte, welt Definition of veld in US English: veld(also veldt) nounveltvɛlt Open, uncultivated country or grassland in southern Africa. It is conventionally classified by altitude into highveld, middleveld, and lowveld. 斐勒得（非洲南部的荒原或草原；按照海拔高度分为高斐勒得、中斐勒得和低斐勒得） Example sentencesExamples - His use of vast unframed canvasses to capture the vibrancy of the African veld, is said to be ‘extremely powerful’.
- It is a plot of around 20 acres, with veld surrounding the koppie, which is around 80 metres high.
- Klipriviersberg, in the south, has 680 hectares of open veld and unspoilt koppies for hiking.
- Remember that when Baker built this house and looked out over the northern suburbs of Johannesburg he saw veld and rocks, and not a single tree.
- Beyond the shops was bare veld; nowadays this is the rundown residential area of Kliptown.
- In the west are well-watered hills, rich in iron ore, from which run several rivers to the dry veld in the middle of the country.
- Dusk falls across the South African veld and the young men trot on to the floodlit pitch for another evening's training.
- While you're down south, check out Klipriviersberg Nature Reserve, a big piece of veld that has traces of Jo'burg's history of early indigenous peoples, going back 500 years.
- Cattle and sheep were grazed largely on the open veld well into the twentieth century.
- South Africa's eastern coastal zone has relatively high rainfall, but the western veld tapers into the Kalahari desert.
- The persistent dry conditions in the northern provinces and along the south and east coasts led to numerous fires in which thousands of hectares of veld burned.
- The park has three distinct sections of lush green jungle and African-style veldt that look like they came straight out of a National Geographic documentary.
- The farm owner said hailstones the size of hen's eggs battered his valuable grazing veld and totally destroyed his crops.
- The Garden is a delight of immaculate lawns and shady trees for picnics, combined with open veld with indigenous grasses, shrubs and trees.
- A pride of lions on the veldt in Africa will allow a solitary African to pass close by without harm and so will a leopard in a tree, but they will kill hunters.
- Five kilometres from the city centre is an indigenous piece of veld of great historical importance to the people of Johannesburg.
- Founded during the 1886 gold rush, Johannesburg had grown by the second half of the last century into a Manhattan of tower blocks amid the endless African veldt.
- Scattered amongst the rock kopjes and rolling veldt of the north are memorials to other wars from the region's bloody past.
- It may not be quite as thrilling to photograph a lion or a zebra in a zoo as it is in the veld of Africa, but you can still make some terrific pictures.
- When the house was built the view north was largely of bare veld.
Synonyms grassland, flatland, lowland, pasture, meadowland, open country, prairie, savannah, steppe
OriginAfrikaans, from Dutch, literally ‘field’. |