单词 | dust bowl |
释义 | dust bowl also dustbowl Word forms: dust bowls countable noun A dust bowl is an area of land, especially in the southern or central United States, that is dry and arid because the soil has been eroded by the wind. [US] ...the same fate that befell the midwestern dust bowl in the thirties. dust bowl in British Englishnoun a semiarid area in which the surface soil is exposed to wind erosion and dust storms occur Dust Bowl in British Englishnoun the Dust Bowl Dust Bowl in American English US region in SC U.S., including parts of Okla. & Tex., where eroded topsoil was blown away by winds during a drought in the 1930s dust bowl in American English US any arid region characterized by the occurrence of frequent dust storms Examples of 'dust bowl' in a sentence |
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