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dune

/doon, dyoon/US // dun, dyun //UK // (djuːn) //

沙丘,沙丘上,沙丘上的,沙丘上的人

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a sand hill or sand ridge formed by the wind, usually in desert regions or near lakes and oceans.

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Examples

  • Hike the dunes along five designated trails, or continue your road trip along the Dunes Drive, an eight-mile roadway that takes you into the heart of the dunes.

  • It’s the slimmest of margins, but an experienced driver can take you into the air for a few wild seconds where you can see the top of the next dune and look down at the trough below.

  • At the time, the 35-year-old West Virginian was freelancing for “Sunday Morning,” and the CBS show aired a handful of his “On the Trail” segments from the field — and petrified forest, sand dunes, active volcano, etc.

  • In Gearhart, James trudged out to Strawberry Knoll, walked across the dunes and onto the beach.

  • Located in the middle of Great Sand Dunes National Park, Star Dune is the tallest dune in North America.

  • We lugged the beach stuff onto the beach, avoiding anything that resembled a dune.

  • He even says in the documentary that he never read Dune; someone told him it was fantastic.

  • The idea was more fashionable in 1975, when Alejandro Jodorowsky was planning his version of the sci-fi novel Dune.

  • The whole dune area in Wainscott is washed away and the water came up to Main Street.

  • They climbed another dune, and came upon the great gray sea at low tide.

  • And another five minutes, perhaps another ten, had slipped by before Tony's head reappeared above a neighbouring dune.

  • The dune rose in a Wave of glittering yellow sand, drowning them from head to foot.

  • We were unco gleg to win hame when a' this was dune, an' after steekin' the door, to sit an' birsle oor taes at the bit blaze.

  • As this joyless impossibility flitted across my mind, I rounded a bleak sand-dune.

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