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单词 tableland
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Definition of tableland in English:

tableland

noun ˈteɪb(ə)llandˈteɪbəlˌ(l)ænd
  • A broad, high level region; a plateau.

    高地;高原

    Example sentencesExamples
    • At its southern end, the terrain drops down to the Santa Rosa Plateau, a 2,000-foot-high tableland with canyons, mesas, and low hills.
    • He noted that the gorge cut through an elevated tableland and extended about 11 kilometres from the Falls down to Queenston.
    • Before the tableland rose entirely above sea level, the waters covering it became increasingly shallow and a swamp forest moved into the niche.
    • It's one of the most exhilarating stories in modern Australian biology: how a giant tree, once thought to be extinct, was discovered somewhere in the central tablelands of New South Wales.
    • In 1902 a Capital Sites Enquiry Board had inspected several potential sites on the southern tablelands, including Yass, Goulburn, Bombala, and Dalgety.
    • They are the hills of Northern Eastern Victoria or the New England tablelands of New South Wales.
    • The river, called the Datong, originates in the tablelands of Northwest China's Qinghai Province and runs 554 kilometres down to Gansu Province.
    • Louis and the rest of the army arrived on the tableland and were immediately attacked by the Turks.
    • Big Mountain sits atop a rolling tableland called Black Mesa, beneath which lie an estimated 20 billion tons of high-quality, low-sulfur coal.
    • Exploring side canyons and clambering up to the surrounding tablelands for an overlook will form part of our journey.
    • Follow the shoreline past the cave, and eventually cross a tableland of rock to a deep inlet where the sea surges into the first of the two Carsaig Arches.
    • In contrast, Antarctic bergs tend to calve from the more static ice shelves and glaciers that border the continent and protrude into the sea, making them not only larger, but also flatter, resembling the great tablelands of South Africa.
    • In 1925, when he started at the station, Yankton was a river town of just under six thousand, set out on tableland that gently sloped down to the Missouri, the town's uncertain southern boundary.
    • On this treeless tableland, where only tufts of yellow spiky grass grow, the biting wind pulls tears from my eyes.
    • Wool prices crawled back up over the 800 cents a kilo mark this week, and a seasonal record was set for a bale of superfine wool from the desperately dry southern tablelands of New South Wales.
    • The northeast is a land of gently rolling tablelands interrupted by granite hills and rock formations.
    • In Cyrenaica, the north-east region, some of the coast is high tableland, with light rain supporting forests.
    • As the column filed across the vast tableland, sharp reports of rifle fire could be heard from the rear as the trailing company shot horses and oxen too weak to continue.
    Synonyms
    grassland, flatland, lowland, pasture, meadowland, open country, prairie, savannah, steppe

Definition of tableland in US English:

tableland

nounˈteɪbəlˌ(l)ændˈtābəlˌ(l)and
  • A broad, high level region; a plateau.

    高地;高原

    Example sentencesExamples
    • At its southern end, the terrain drops down to the Santa Rosa Plateau, a 2,000-foot-high tableland with canyons, mesas, and low hills.
    • It's one of the most exhilarating stories in modern Australian biology: how a giant tree, once thought to be extinct, was discovered somewhere in the central tablelands of New South Wales.
    • In Cyrenaica, the north-east region, some of the coast is high tableland, with light rain supporting forests.
    • Louis and the rest of the army arrived on the tableland and were immediately attacked by the Turks.
    • On this treeless tableland, where only tufts of yellow spiky grass grow, the biting wind pulls tears from my eyes.
    • As the column filed across the vast tableland, sharp reports of rifle fire could be heard from the rear as the trailing company shot horses and oxen too weak to continue.
    • Exploring side canyons and clambering up to the surrounding tablelands for an overlook will form part of our journey.
    • The river, called the Datong, originates in the tablelands of Northwest China's Qinghai Province and runs 554 kilometres down to Gansu Province.
    • Big Mountain sits atop a rolling tableland called Black Mesa, beneath which lie an estimated 20 billion tons of high-quality, low-sulfur coal.
    • Wool prices crawled back up over the 800 cents a kilo mark this week, and a seasonal record was set for a bale of superfine wool from the desperately dry southern tablelands of New South Wales.
    • The northeast is a land of gently rolling tablelands interrupted by granite hills and rock formations.
    • In 1902 a Capital Sites Enquiry Board had inspected several potential sites on the southern tablelands, including Yass, Goulburn, Bombala, and Dalgety.
    • Before the tableland rose entirely above sea level, the waters covering it became increasingly shallow and a swamp forest moved into the niche.
    • They are the hills of Northern Eastern Victoria or the New England tablelands of New South Wales.
    • Follow the shoreline past the cave, and eventually cross a tableland of rock to a deep inlet where the sea surges into the first of the two Carsaig Arches.
    • In 1925, when he started at the station, Yankton was a river town of just under six thousand, set out on tableland that gently sloped down to the Missouri, the town's uncertain southern boundary.
    • In contrast, Antarctic bergs tend to calve from the more static ice shelves and glaciers that border the continent and protrude into the sea, making them not only larger, but also flatter, resembling the great tablelands of South Africa.
    • He noted that the gorge cut through an elevated tableland and extended about 11 kilometres from the Falls down to Queenston.
    Synonyms
    grassland, flatland, lowland, pasture, meadowland, open country, prairie, savannah, steppe
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