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TOEFL BNC: 20980 COCA: 6846

prairie

prairie /ˈpreri/ noun
plural prairies
prairie
/ˈpreri/
noun
plural prairies
Learner's definition of PRAIRIE
: a large, mostly flat area of land in North America that has few trees and is covered in grasses(北美洲)大草原
[count]
[noncount]
often used before another noun常用于另一名词前
TOEFL BNC: 20980 COCA: 6846

prairie

noun

prai·​rie ˈprer-ē How to pronounce prairie (audio)
often attributive
1
: land in or predominantly in grass
2
: a tract of grassland: such as
a
: 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
b
: 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

Example Sentences

Millions of buffalo once roamed the prairies. The train tracks extend over miles of prairie.
Recent Examples on the Web Dozens of monarch butterflies descended on the prairie at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum Tuesday, feasting on the nectar of purple ironweed flowers and golden compass plant blossoms. Nara Schoenberg, Chicago Tribune, 9 Sep. 2022 By the final credits, Christina and Dolores have become one, transforming back into her classic blue prairie dress and entering the Sublime (a.k.a. robo Heaven) with a new mission. Nick Romano, EW.com, 15 Aug. 2022 Speaking of, a lot of your costumes have Batsheva prairie-dress vibes that are popular right now. Julie Vadnal, Vogue, 10 June 2022 For the first of the Queen's Garden parties, Princess Beatrice picked a ruffled and floral Vampire's Wife prairie dress, adding a coordinated hatband to finish the look. Kara Thompson, Town & Country, 27 Apr. 2022 The vastness of the landscape always startles me — an endless prairie broken by clusters of clay hills seamed with color. Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 22 Aug. 2022 The tax incentives offered under the Inflation Reduction Act and a $2.5 billion infusion from Congress last year are spurring hopes of more carbon storage projects in the rolling prairie lands of northeastern Wyoming. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2022 Seven baby prairie dogs born at the Franklin Park Zoo in March recently emerged from their burrows and walked above ground for the first time. Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com, 13 May 2022 Floral dresses aren't all pastels and prairie references. Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 May 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

French, from Old French praierie, from Vulgar Latin *prataria, from Latin pratum meadow

First Known Use

circa 1682, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of prairie was circa 1682
TOEFL BNC: 20980 COCA: 6846
prairie

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + PRAIRIE | PRAIRIE + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEhigh海拔高的大草原open, rolling, vast, wide開闊的/綿延起伏的/茫茫的/廣袤的大草原northern, western, etc.北部、西部等草原native原生草原Only about 5% of native prairie is left in Kansas.堪薩斯州只剩有大約 5 %的原生草原。tall-grass (especially NAmE) 高草草原VERB + PRAIRIEcross穿越草原a train of covered wagons crossing the wide American prairies一隊正穿越廣闊的美洲大草原的篷車PRAIRIE + NOUNgrass大草原的草fire (NAmE, figurative) 燎原之火His charges spread like a prairie fire.他的指控像燎原之火一般傳播開來。PREPOSITIONacross the prairie穿過草原their route across the prairie他們穿越草原的路線on the prairie在草原上settlers' houses on the prairies of Canada加拿大草原上定居者的房舍

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