prairie

[美國]/'preərɪ/
[英國]/'prɛri/
詞頻: 非常高

中文釋義

n. 大草原;牧場 大片平坦草地,通常用於牧養牲畜。
Word Forms
複數prairies

短語搭配

rolling prairies

起伏的草原

prairie grass

草原草

wide open prairie

遼闊的草原

prairie ecosystem

草原生態系統

prairie fire

草原火災;星火燎原

prairie dog

[動]北美的草原土撥鼠

例句

an epidemic of sylvatic plague among prairie dogs.

在草原犬鼠中流行的森林鼠疫。

a prairie islanded with groves

星星點點地分佈着一些樹叢的大草原

A single sparkcan start a prairie fire.

星星之火, 可以燎原。

Andrew traversed the prairie on horseback.

安德魯騎馬穿越大草原。

a lone tree on the prairie; a lone blue tile in a white floor.

平原上孤立的一棵樹;白地板上唯有的一塊藍瓷磚

Bina: Did you visit the Prairie provinces?

比娜:你們到平原三省去了嗎?

a reach of prairie; the lower reaches of the food chain.

大草原地區;食物鏈的低等生物羣

The best-known example is the compass plant of the prairies (Silphium laciniatum).

最著名的例子是大草原上的指向植物(羅盤草)。

The spunky, fortitudinous heroine ántonia, the boundless Nebraska prairie and the struggle of the immigrants in the frontier all greatly impress the reader.

其中的充滿活力、堅忍不拔的女主人公安東妮亞,廣闊無垠的內布拉斯加大草原以及新移民在邊疆的奮鬥歷程,無不給讀者留下深刻印象。

Sumac leaves glow red in the autumn light at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas.

意譯:漆樹葉發出光芒的紅色在秋天的亮光,在Tallgrass大草原保存地是白楊的一種落葉,堪薩斯州。

A prairie dog of the endangered subgroup Cynomys parvidens pokes through a heavy Utah snow.

意譯:一隻大草原的土撥鼠是屬於瀕臨滅絕的危險,它伸出沉重的身體在猶他州的雪地上。

We worried that the heavy rain across the prairie would soon bog our car. Don't bog me down in this mass of detail.

我們擔心平原上的大雨將很快使我們的汽車陷入淤泥。不要讓我陷入這些難纏的瑣事中

Any of various game birds in the family Tetraonidae (order Galliformes), including the prairie chicken and ptarmigan, or the sandgrouse (order Columbiformes).

雞形目松雞科的幾種獵鳥。包括草原雞、雷鳥和沙雞(鳩鴿目)。

原聲例句

Herds of graceful antelope used to roam the prairies of the West.

成羣優雅的羚羊曾經在西部的大草原上漫步。

來源: American Elementary School English 5

In the US, it's the prairies.

在美國,稱爲 prairies。

來源: The secrets of our planet.

The land in the center of the continent became a prairie.

大陸中心的土地變成了草原。

來源: National Parks of the United States

The prairie was ideal for growing wheat.

大草原是理想的小麥田。

來源: Liu Yi's breakthrough of 5000 English vocabulary words.

That prairie is home to many rare animals.

那片草原是許多稀有動物的棲息地。

來源: Lai Shixiong Basic English Vocabulary 2000

This is where the ranches of the Texas Hill Country meet the prairies of the coastal plain.

德州丘陵地帶的廣大牧場和沿岸平原在此交會。

來源: Vacation Travel City Guide: North America Edition

These adaptable birds traditionally nest in the burrows of prairie dogs.

這些適應了新環境的鳥兒原本將巢穴駐在草原犬鼠的洞穴中。

來源: Mammoth's Journey to the City - Wild New World

Unfortunately, prairie dogs often harbor fleas, and fleas can carry the plague.

不幸的是,草原犬鼠通常會滋生跳蚤,並且跳蚤可能帶有鼠疫。

來源: Science in 60 Seconds Listening Compilation September 2016

A flock of sheep are cropping grass on the prairie.

有一羣羊在草原上喫草。

來源: Lai Shixiong Basic English Vocabulary 2000

The cold front drives the storm south across the prairies.

冷鋒推動沙塵暴在草原地區向南趨近。

來源: America The Story of Us

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