- [countable, usually plural] an area of land with hills or mountains高地；高原Topics Geographyb2
the Highlands
[plural] the high mountain region of Scotland苏格兰高地 compare lowland Highland
a council area of northern Scotland, to the north of the Grampians (= a range of mountains) and including some of the Inner Hebrides islands. It is the largest of the council areas and has the lowest population density (= number of people per area of land). Its administrative centre and only city is Inverness.苏格兰高地 Word OriginOld English hēahlond ‘a high promontory’ (see high, land).