steppes是什么意思？

steppes

英[s'teps] 美[s'teps]

• n. 干草原( steppe的名词复数 )；

例句

• The steppes gave way to forests, and red deer took the place of horse and bison. 大草原被森林取而代之, 赤鹿替代了野马和野牛.
• The same is true of the steppes north of the Black Sea. 黑海以北的草原,也是如此.
• She was hardened by the rigours of the Siberian steppes. 西伯利亚大草原的艰苦环境使她变得坚强起来。
• She was hardened by the rigours of the Siberian steppes... 西伯利亚大草原的艰苦环境使她变得坚强起来。

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  大草原，干草原(尤指从东欧横穿苏联南部直至西伯利亚的大片地区)
  Steppes are large areas of flat grassy land where there are no trees, especially the area that stretches from Eastern Europe across the south of the former Soviet Union to Siberia.