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单词 amazon
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amazon
noun[C]
humorous
uk
/ˈæm.ə.zən/us
/ˈæm.ə.zɑːn/
atall,strong, orforcefulwoman
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amazonian
the Amazon
noun
uk
/ˈæm.ə.zən/us
/ˈæm.ə.zɑːn/
amajorriverin Peru, Colombia, andBrazil, and one of thelongestriversin theworld:
Thesourceof the Amazon is astreamin the Peruvian Andes.
Aguidetellsus theannualrisein theheightof the RiverNegro, atributaryof the Amazon, hadreached30metres.
More examples
  • Theexpeditionof Bolivian, Colombian, and Argentinescientistsispartof a year-longcensusoffreshwaterdolphinsin the Amazon and Orinocoriverbasin.
  • Asquiteayoungchild, I pored overencyclopediasandgeographybooks: was the Mississippi-Missouri really thelongestriver, or was it the Nile or the Amazon?
  • The Slovenianbecamethe firstpersontoswimtheentire3,000-milelengthof the Amazon, havingbravedcrocodiles,piranhasandtoothpickfish.
  • So why was Idriftingdown the Amazon with awoundedguideand nomap?
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atropicalregionofSouthAmericathrough which the Amazon Riverflows,includingpartsof Peru, Colombia, andBrazil:
But how will the Amazonrespondtofutureclimatechange?
In the Amazon,waterlevelsvarythrough theyear.
More examples
  • Brazil's newenvironmentministertakesofficetoday in themiddleof aspatover anapparentrecentincreaseindeforestationin the Amazonregion.
  • Sister Dorothy wasshotwhiledefendinglandin the Amazon.
  • Theysitrightbeside the Amazon, the planet'slargesttropicalrainforestandriverbasin.
  • AsNorthAmericanfarmersplantlesssoya,SouthAmericanfarmersclearmore of the Amazon tofillthedemand.
(Definition ofamazonfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
Examples from literature
  • At length, the officer and the amazon turned their horses' heads on their backward journey.
  • Her appointments, however, were those rather of an amazon, or goddess of the woods.
  • I could not help laughing at the idea of my tall, awkward master, a knight-errant to this queen of the amazons.
  • The first greeting of one amazon to the other is to slap her face.
  • There was here another laugh at the expense of the hero who had received this amazon's assistance.
amazon
noun[C]
humorous
uk
/ˈæm.ə.zən/us
/ˈæm.ə.zɑːn/
atall,strong, orforcefulwoman
高大强悍的女子
#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/amazon##
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