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Mesa Flat Topped Hill Steep Rocks 英 Meɪsə] 美 Meɪsə

英语单词 mesa
英美音标 英 ['meɪsə] 美 ['meɪsə]
中文释义 n.平顶山
Mesa.
n.梅瑟(美国亚利桑那州中南部一城市名)
英语例句 (1) Built atop a near-impenetrable mesa deep in the south of Mulgore, this collection of tents and thatched huts serves as the tauren's central home.
中文例句 (1) 建立在南莫高雷中心一个几乎无法攻破的平顶山上,这里到处是帐篷和茅草棚,是牛头人的主要家园。
vocabulary简明 A mesa is a flat-topped hill most commonly found in the Southwest part of the U.S.. Its sides are steep all around so that it looks like a massive table.
vocabulary扩展 Mesa comes from the Latin mensa meaning "table," which is very much what a mesa looks like. A mesa is formed when the weaker horizontal rocks around a big formation start to erode and fall away, leaving stronger rocks standing in a flat-topped hill. Grand Mesa in Western Colorado is the largest mesa in the world, with an area of 500 square miles. That's bigger than all of Hong Kong!
柯林斯解释
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]方山(主要见于美国西南部) A mesa is a large hill with a flat top and steep sides; used mainly of hills in the south-western United States.
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