alp /ˈælp/
 高山
 Alp n.
 1. A very high mountain. Specifically, in the plural, the highest chain of mountains in Europe, containing the lofty mountains of Switzerland, etc.
    Nor breath of vernal air from snowy alp.   --Milton.
    Hills peep o'er hills, and alps on alps arise.   --Pope.
 2. Fig.: Something lofty, or massive, or very hard to be surmounted.
 Note: ☞ The plural form Alps is sometimes used as a singular. “The Alps doth spit.”
 Alp, n. A bullfinch.
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 alp
      n : any high mountain