altiplanon.

Brit.

/ˌaltɪˈplɑːnəʊ/,

/ˌaltɪˈplanəʊ/, U.S.

/ˌɔltɪˈplɑnoʊ/,

/ˌɑltɪˈplɑnoʊ/

Forms: 1900s– altiplano, 1900s– altoplano (nonstandard). Also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish altiplano.

Etymology: < Spanish altiplano (1858 with reference to Ecuador, or earlier) < alti- alti- comb. form + classical Latin plānum (see plane n.³ and compare plain n.¹). Compare Spanish plano (adjective) flat (see plain adj.²). Compare Spanish altiplanicie (1847 or earlier).With the form altoplano compare -o- connective.

A high plain; spec. (sometimes with capital initial) the high tableland of central South America between the Western and Eastern Cordilleras of the Andes, extending some 200,000 square kilometres from Peru through Bolivia to Argentina and having an average elevation of around 3650 metres (12,000 feet). Cf. puna n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > [noun] > of a country > specific

PeakeOE

PeaklandeOE

highland1503

Peak country?1523

piedmont1755

high country1874

altiplano1910

1910 Bull. Amer. Geogr. Soc. 42 96 [A] barrier to the commerce of all eastern Bolivia..from the altiplano to the eastern limits of the Republic.

1914 B. Miall tr. P. Walle Bolivia ii. 45 Those who should judge Bolivia only by the altoplano..would form a melancholy idea of the country.

1936 C. L. White & G. T. Renner Geogr. 390 A plateau is commonly defined as an altiplano or a plain lying at high elevation.

1939 Trans. Linn. Soc. 1 27 The Altiplano forms a trough of undulating ground 3600 to 4200 metres above the sea.

1957 K. A. Wittfogel Oriental Despotism iii. 56 Cuzco, the capital of the altiplano.

1978 Nature 6 Apr. 486/2 The average yield is about 800 to 1,000kg per ha on the altiplano.

2006 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 21 Sept. 66/1 The altiplano of the Bolivian Andes is a great expanse of flat, dry land.

Compounds

attributive. Of, belonging to, or designating the South American altiplano, as altiplano plateau, altiplano region, altiplano town, altiplano wind, etc.

ΚΠ

1917 Pan-Amer. Mag. June 75/1 Night has fallen upon these scenes in the Altiplano region when our train arrives in Puno.

1966 Economist 2 Apr. 33 The old boiler plates piled before the doors to keep the piercing altiplano wind from reaching families of nine sharing two beds in one room.

1976 R. Sabbag Snow Blind v. 70 Several million Altiplano Indians still chew coca leaves to fight fatigue.

1993 New Scientist 5 June 28/2 Láscar, a remote, snow-dusted volcano perched high above the Altiplano plateau of Chile.

1998 W. Becker Link (2000) 120 A series of shanties where..men who had migrated from even more economically depressed altiplano towns..sat outside smoking.

2006 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 10 Aug. 36/4 Flores had arrived..wearing a cheap bubble jacket against the miserable altiplano cold.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	altiplano
释义	altiplanon. Brit. /ˌaltɪˈplɑːnəʊ/, /ˌaltɪˈplanəʊ/, U.S. /ˌɔltɪˈplɑnoʊ/, /ˌɑltɪˈplɑnoʊ/ Forms: 1900s– altiplano, 1900s– altoplano (nonstandard). Also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish altiplano. Etymology: < Spanish altiplano (1858 with reference to Ecuador, or earlier) < alti- alti- comb. form + classical Latin plānum (see plane n.³ and compare plain n.¹). Compare Spanish plano (adjective) flat (see plain adj.²). Compare Spanish altiplanicie (1847 or earlier).With the form altoplano compare -o- connective. A high plain; spec. (sometimes with capital initial) the high tableland of central South America between the Western and Eastern Cordilleras of the Andes, extending some 200,000 square kilometres from Peru through Bolivia to Argentina and having an average elevation of around 3650 metres (12,000 feet). Cf. puna n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > [noun] > of a country > specific PeakeOE PeaklandeOE highland1503 Peak country?1523 piedmont1755 high country1874 altiplano1910 1910 Bull. Amer. Geogr. Soc. 42 96 [A] barrier to the commerce of all eastern Bolivia..from the altiplano to the eastern limits of the Republic. 1914 B. Miall tr. P. Walle Bolivia ii. 45 Those who should judge Bolivia only by the altoplano..would form a melancholy idea of the country. 1936 C. L. White & G. T. Renner Geogr. 390 A plateau is commonly defined as an altiplano or a plain lying at high elevation. 1939 Trans. Linn. Soc. 1 27 The Altiplano forms a trough of undulating ground 3600 to 4200 metres above the sea. 1957 K. A. Wittfogel Oriental Despotism iii. 56 Cuzco, the capital of the altiplano. 1978 Nature 6 Apr. 486/2 The average yield is about 800 to 1,000kg per ha on the altiplano. 2006 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 21 Sept. 66/1 The altiplano of the Bolivian Andes is a great expanse of flat, dry land. Compounds attributive. Of, belonging to, or designating the South American altiplano, as altiplano plateau, altiplano region, altiplano town, altiplano wind, etc. ΚΠ 1917 Pan-Amer. Mag. June 75/1 Night has fallen upon these scenes in the Altiplano region when our train arrives in Puno. 1966 Economist 2 Apr. 33 The old boiler plates piled before the doors to keep the piercing altiplano wind from reaching families of nine sharing two beds in one room. 1976 R. Sabbag Snow Blind v. 70 Several million Altiplano Indians still chew coca leaves to fight fatigue. 1993 New Scientist 5 June 28/2 Láscar, a remote, snow-dusted volcano perched high above the Altiplano plateau of Chile. 1998 W. Becker Link (2000) 120 A series of shanties where..men who had migrated from even more economically depressed altiplano towns..sat outside smoking. 2006 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 10 Aug. 36/4 Flores had arrived..wearing a cheap bubble jacket against the miserable altiplano cold. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1910
随便看	peptising peptizability peptizable peptization peptizations peptize peptized peptizer peptizers peptizes peptizing peptogene peptogenic peptogenous peptolysis peptolytic peptolytically peptonate peptone peptone water peptones peptonisation peptonisations peptonise peptonised