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单词 mesquite
释义
mesquitemes‧quite /meˈskiːt/ noun [countable, uncountable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINmesquite
Origin:
1700-1800 Spanish, Nahuatl mizquitl
Examples
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  • Cactus wrens and Inca doves nest in thick tangles of mesquite.
  • Fantastic rock formations, beautiful mesquite forests and deep grass all hide in the heart of the range.
  • Great areas of grass and woodland thus give way to mesquite desert, at an awesome economic loss to man.
  • Prepare a fire in a charcoal grill, preferably with mesquite.
  • Some swear by charcoal briquettes or mesquite charcoal.
  • Startled, a few birds flap out of the mesquite trees.
  • The name was derived from dense mesquite groves that early railroad workers encountered there.
  • They came again at dawn, silently through the rocks with their bodies mud-streaked and branches of mesquite in their headbands.
an American tree or bush, or the wood from it that is used to give food a special taste when it is being cooked on a barbecue
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