prai·rie
noun/ˈpreəri/
/ˈpreri/
[countable, uncountable]- a flat, wide area of land in North America and Canada, without many trees and originally covered with grass
北美草原；新大陆北部草原（美国北部和加拿大） - Only about 5 per cent of native prairie is left in Kansas.
堪萨斯州只剩下约 5% 的本土草原。
Extra ExamplesTopics Geographyc2- The North American prairie was once the world's largest grassland.
北美草原曾经是世界上最大的草原。 - a train of covered wagons crossing the wide American prairies
一队正穿越广阔的美洲大草原的篷车 - settlers' houses on the prairies of Canada
加拿大草原上定居者的房舍 - their route across the prairie
他们穿越草原的路线
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- high
- open
- rolling
- …
- cross
- grass
- fire
- across the prairie
- on the prairie
Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French, from Old French praerie, from Latin pratum ‘meadow’. - Only about 5 per cent of native prairie is left in Kansas.