prairie

名词 prairie:

1. a treeless grassy plain

1. A lone tree on the prairie; a lone blue tile in a white floor.
   平原上孤立的一棵树; 白地板上唯有的一块蓝瓷砖
2. He wrote a biography of Lincoln in two parts Abraham Lincoln: the Prairie Years(1926) and Abraham Lincoln: the War Years(1939).
   《亚伯拉罕·林肯：草原岁月》(1926)和《亚伯拉罕·林肯：战争年代》(1939)。
3. A view of the prairie faded in.
   一个草原的景象渐显。
4. Have you been to the prairies in North America?
   你去过北美洲的大草原吗？

prai.rie

n.（名词）
An extensive area of flat or rolling, predominantly treeless grassland, especially the large tract or plain of central North America.
大草原：多为广阔而无树木的平坦或起伏的草原区域，尤指北美洲中部的大平原

来源：
French
法语
from Old French praierie
源自 古法语 praierie
from Latin pr3ta [meadow]
源自 拉丁语 pr3ta [草地]