Death Valley
noun uk/ˌdeθ ˈvæl.i/ us/ˌdeθ ˈvæl.i/
死亡谷
a valley in the Mojave Desert in the US state of California, famous for being one of the hottest places in the world
We rode on for another three hours through desert salt lake scenery before crossing into Death Valley. 在穿入死亡谷之前，我们在盐湖沙漠风光中又开了三个小时。
Death Valley was given its forbidding name by a group of pioneers lost here in the winter of 1849-1850. 死亡谷因一群拓荒者在1849至1850年那个冬天失踪而得此令人生畏的名字。
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- Death Valley, in fact, is neither strictly a valley nor a place of absolute death.
- I had wanted to go to Death Valley since I saw a picture of it as a kid.
- Pupils in Death Valley can travel 60 miles to school in sweltering buses.
- In this below-sea-level basin, steady drought and record summer heat make Death Valley a land of extremes.