tundra

英 [ˈtʌndrə]

美 [ˈtʌndrə]

n.  冻原，苔原(树木不生，底土常年冰冻的北极地区)

复数：tundras　

TOEFLGRE

BNC.17494 / COCA.12490

牛津词典

noun

• 冻原，苔原（树木不生，底土常年冰冻的北极地区）
  the large flat Arctic regions of northern Europe, Asia and N America where no trees grow and where the soil below the surface of the ground is always frozen

柯林斯词典

• 冻原;苔原
  Tundrais one of the large flat areas of land in the north of Europe, Asia, and America. The ground below the top layer of soil is always frozen and no trees grow there.

英英释义

noun

• a vast treeless plain in the Arctic regions where the subsoil is permanently frozen

双语例句

• Frost-flecked tundra pools dot the landscape of Canada's North Yukon National Park.
  斑点状霜冻的苔原水池点缀了加拿大北育空公家公园的风景。
• The transition from forest to treeless tundra on a mountain slope is often a dramatic one.
  在一个山坡上，从一个树林过渡成为一个没有树木的冻原常常是戏剧性的变化。
• If you keep going up, you'll emerge on the alpine tundra.
  如果你登的再高一点，你将进入高山苔原地带。
• North American subspecies of tundra swan having a soft whistling note.
  冻原天鹅的北美洲亚种，以其柔和的鸣叫著名。
• Through its own theme, tundra, it provides a design and color scheme common to all its widgets.
  通过自身的主题tundra，它为其所有的小部件提供了通用的设计和颜色模式。
• Swan that nests in tundra regions of the New and Old Worlds.
  新旧大陆冻原地区筑巢的天鹅。
• I once tracked a polar bearacross the Arctic tundra.
  我曾在北极圈里追踪过北极熊。
• Are one of the most hardy birds, habitat in the northern tundra and boreal forests, and barren mountains and desert.
  是最坚强的鸟类，栖息地北部苔原和寒带森林和荒山和沙漠。
• All along this uninhabited shoreline, sea islands, salt marshes, and sandy beaches provide a perfect resting place for Tundra swans, coots, gallinules, and other water birds.
  在这一整条杳无人迹的海岸线上，海岛、盐沼和沙滩为冻原天鹅、黑鸭、黑水鸡和其他水鸟提供了一个绝佳的栖息所。
• For nine months of the year, the tundra is a dark, seemingly lifeless wild land.
  每年长达9个月，冻土带都是一块看上去毫无生机的荒凉的土地。