prairie

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n. 大草原, 草甸

发音

US /ˈpɹɛəɹi/
UK /ˈpɹɛə.ɹi/
AU /ˈpɹeːɹi/
NZ /ˈpɹeəɹi/
NZ /ˈpɹiəɹi/
SCOT /ˈpɹeɹɪ/
SCOT /ˈpɹeɹe/

词形变化

prairies 复数 prairies

教材释义与例句

名词

大草原；牧场

a wide open area of fairly flat land in North America which is covered in grass or wheat

About 160 species of rare birds live in the swamps and prairie there.

大约有160种珍稀鸟类栖息在这里的沼泽地和大草原上。

To assemble a prairie takes time -- even if you have all the pieces.

整合一个大草原需要时间——哪怕你手中已掌握了所有分块。

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An extensive area of relatively flat grassland with few, if any, trees, especially in North America.

    草原

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

grassland

相关短语

prairie dog n. 草原土拨鼠 prairie schooner n. 长形布篷马车, 草原篷车 prairie schooners prairie clover prairie clovers prairie dogs prairie chicken [鸟类](北美产的)草原榛鸡 (Tympanuchus cupido) Prairie State na. 〈美〉草原之乡 [网络] 草原州；草原之州；蓓丽州 prairie dogging prairie doggings prairie dogged prairie nigger prairie niggers prairie oyster n. 小牛丸（用小牛睾丸做的菜肴） prairie oysters

词源

Borrowed from French prairie, from Old French praerie, from Vulgar Latin *prataria, from Latin prātum (“meadow”) + -aria.

来源：wiktionary