| 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 | 1 [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. [AM 美] |
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