pampas
/pam-puhz; attributively pam-puhs; Spanish pahm-pahs/US // ˈpæm pəz; attributively ˈpæm pəs; Spanish ˈpɑm pɑs //UK // (ˈpæmpəz) //
潘帕斯,泮帕斯,潘帕斯山脉,沼泽地
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n.名词(复数) plural noun
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singular pam·pa [pam-puh; Spanish pahm-pah]. /ˈpæm pə; Spanish ˈpɑm pɑ/.
- : the vast grassy plains of southern South America, especially in Argentina.
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Beneath the balcony was an arcade where many seats were disposed among palms and pampas grass.
Now, with the increase of the area of cultivation, the land in the Pampas which is available for grazing is greatly curtailed.
The tall pampas-grass, with its long feathery plumes, gives a profitable crop.
They descend from the Andes, traverse the Pampas from east to west, and empty themselves into the saline lakes.
As a rough guess, beyond those tremendous highlands lay the plains of Lower Argentina—the black, wind-swept, semidesert pampas.
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