prairies

释义

n. （尤指北美的）大草原( prairie的复数形式 ) prairie fire 草原火灾；星火燎原 prairie dog [动]北美的草原土拨鼠

例句

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。

Cather was the great, elegiac chronicler of the prairies and small towns of the old American west, captured by her just as the coming of railroads changed it forever.

凯瑟是古老的美国西部小镇和草原挽歌的伟大记录者，她赶在它们即将因铁路的出现而永远改变之际把它们记录了下来 。