| 释义 |
causse|kos|
Usu. in pl.
[Fr.]
A limestone plateau (in southern France).
1827G. P. Scrope Mem. Geol. Central France i. 11 These plateaux are called ‘Causses’ in the vernacular dialect. 1883Encycl. Brit. XV. 8/2 By the Dordogne and Lot the surface is divided into a number of limestone plateaus known by the name of ‘causses’. 1922Glasgow Herald 5 Aug. 4 The weirdly sombre causses of the Cevennes. 1963Times 9 Feb. 11/1 Thus much of the country is wooded and prosperous, though it is interspersed here and there with those more barren strips called causses. |