英语释义

1. land in or predominantly in grass

2. a tract of grassland: such as

3. a large area of level or rolling land in the Mississippi River valley that in its natural uncultivated state usually has deep fertile soil, a cover of tall coarse grasses, and few trees

4. one of the dry treeless plateaus east of the Rocky Mountains that merge on their east side with the prairies proper and are characterized by shorter grasses and drier less fertile soil

5. a large, mostly flat area of land in North America that has few trees and is covered in grasses

6. a large area of level or rolling grassland

英汉例句

• Many gains in cropland are associated with irrigation, but there are also swaths of improvement in rain-fed cropland and pastures in the prairies and plains of North America and western India.

  农田在许多方面的改善与灌溉相关，但是北美洲和印度西部大草原和平原地区的一些雨育农田及牧场也得到改善。

• Dan Laramee walks between grain railway cars as he loads wheat from the Canadian prairies at the Pioneer grain elevator in Alberta, Oct. 2. (Todd Korol/Reuters)

  DanLaramee走在粮食运输火车之间。10月2日是他负责把从加拿大草原运来的小麦装入的阿尔伯达省卡斯兰的先锋粮仓。

• The soil of the Illinois prairies is fat, rich and thick.

  伊利诺伊大草原上，土壤肥沃、丰产而深厚。

• One of the world's breadbaskets lies in the prairies of Canada.

  全球的粮食产地之一坐落于加拿大的大草原。

• The nonnatives have now taken over some Midwestern forests, prairies and wetlands.

  他们现在已经进入了中西部的森林，草原，湿地。

• From east and west, travelers dart across these prairies into the huge horizons and through cornfields that go on forever; giant skies, giant clouds, an eternal nearly featureless sameness.

  从东到西，从西到东，旅人飞快地驶过茫茫大草原，驶向苍茫天际，穿过一望无际的玉米地；高不可测的苍穹，硕大的云朵，老是几乎平淡无奇、千篇一律。

• He has transformed woodlands and prairies into farms and made lakes and reserviors out of rivers for irrigation purposes or hydroelectric power.

  他将林地和草原改造成为农田，使江河变成湖泊和水库，用于灌溉或用于水力发电。

• Sustainable agricultural practices can both feed people and protect the oceans, forests, prairies and other ecosystems that harbour biological diversity.

  可持续农作方法既能供养人类，又能保护海洋、森林、草原和延续生物多样性的其他生态系统。

• Grain inspector Jim Dolan inspects wheat from the Canadian prairies at the Pioneer grain elevator in Carseland, Alberta.

  粮食检测员JimDolan正在检查阿尔伯达省卡斯兰的先锋粮仓中从加拿大草原来的小麦。

• Well winter is in full swing here on the Canadian prairies and the hot topic of conversation in this neck of the woods is all about the weather.

  加拿大草原的冬季在这里愈演愈烈，人人都在谈论天气。

• This is how the prairies were built, the relationship between bison and grasses.

  这也是草原的形成原理，野牛和草类的关系。

相似词

campo(Campo)人名；(西、意、葡、刚(布))坎波

champaign广阔的；平坦的

grassland草原；牧草地

heath石南，石南植物；荒野

llano(Llano)人名；(西)利亚诺

moor(Moor) （德、英）穆尔（人名）

pampa(Pampa)人名；(公元10世纪)本伯〈印〉诗人和着述家。；(印)潘帕

plain平原；无格式；朴实无华的东西

steppe大草原，[地理] 干草原（特指西伯利亚一带没有树木的大草原）

tundra[生态] 苔原；[地理] 冻原；冻土地带