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单词 tundra
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tundran.

Brit. /ˈtʌndrə/, /ˈtʊndrə/, U.S. /ˈtəndrə/
Forms: Also toondra, toundra.
Etymology: < Lapp tundra.
One of the vast, nearly level, treeless regions which make up the greater part of the north of Russia, resembling the steppes farther south, but with arctic climate and vegetation. Also applied to similar regions in Siberia and Alaska.
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1841 Penny Cycl. XXI. 458/1 The most northern part of Siberia is a low plain, called the Tundra. The surface is nearly a dead level, and quite destitute of trees.
1861 H. Macmillan Footnotes from Nature 93 In the vast sandy plains called by the Laplanders tundra, which border on the Arctic ocean.
1889 G. F. Wright Ice Age N. Amer. 32 Much of the region north of St. Elias, Alaska, is now covered with tundra.
attributive.1894 Outing 23 388/1 In the far north~west, the vast tundra plains, bordering upon the Arctic Ocean.1894 Daily News 24 July 5/4 Russian traders and inhabitants of the polar tundra zone.1901 H. Seebohm Birds of Siberia xiv. 119 A swampy, hummocky strip of tundra land.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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