prairie
英 ['preərɪ]
美 ['prɛri]
助記提示
伊利諾伊州：該州別名“內陸帝國” (The Inland Empire)或“草原之州” (The Prairie State)。州花是紫羅蘭(Native Violet)。州鳥是北美紅雀(Cardinal)。州樹是白橡(White Oak)。
普雷裏縣（Prairie County）
1. 【記】praise(讚美) + air(空氣) + -ie ( <= -y ) => 隻有置身於空曠的、一望無際的大草原上你才會由衷地讚美新鮮的、清新的空氣，仿佛空氣中還帶有一縷清香，那種沁人心脾的清新之氣令人陶醉，因為這是令人心曠神怡的、一望無際的、空曠的大草原、那種感覺簡直無法形容。
2. 美國電影：牧場之家好作伴：A Prairie Home Companion.
3. 護膚化妝品：La Prairie（蓓麗/萊珀妮）：一種產自瑞士的奢華的抗衰老的護膚產品。
中文詞源
prairie 北美草原來自法語prairie,草地，牧場，來自拉丁語pratum,草地。特指北美大草原。
英文詞源
- prairie
- prairie: [18] Prairie comes ultimately from Latin prātum ‘meadow’ (source also of French pré ‘meadow’). From it was derived Vulgar Latin *prātāria, which passed into English via French prairie. The word was from the start almost exclusively used with reference to the plains of North America.
- prairie (n.)
- tract of level or undulating grassland in North America, by 1773, from French prairie "meadow, grassland," from Old French praerie "meadow, pastureland" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *prataria, from Latin pratum "meadow," originally "a hollow." The word existed in Middle English as prayere, but was lost and reborrowed to describe the American plains. Prairie dog is attested from 1774; prairie schooner "immigrant's wagon" is from 1841. Illinois has been the Prairie State since at least 1861. In Latin, Neptunia prata was poetic for "the sea."
雙語例句
- 1. Andrew traversed the prairie on horseback.
- 安德魯騎馬穿越大草原.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. He farmed 2500 acres of Nebraska prairie.
- 他耕種了2500英畝的內布拉斯加州大草原.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. A single spark can start a prairie fire.
- 星星之火,可以燎原.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 4. To assemble a prairie takes time -- even if you have all the pieces.
- 整合一個大序列(prairie)需要時間 —— 哪怕你手中已掌握了所有的片段.
來自互聯網
- 5. The pictures depicting the life of the prairie people are simple but touching.
- 這些描繪草原人民生活的畫麵都很素樸動人.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》