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单词 Sonoran
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Definition of Sonoran in English:

Sonoran

adjective səˈnɔːrənsəˈnôrən
  • Relating to, denoting, or characteristic of a biogeographical region including desert areas of the south-western US and central Mexico.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • We want to make sure that our children do not have to go to a preserve to witness the joy of the unique and fragile Sonoran desert.
    • The landscape in question is not Central Australia but the Sonoran Desert in Southern Arizona, USA.
    • However, the Sonoran region is characterized by great variability in annual precipitation, which is one of the most important factors affecting quail populations.
    • I use Sonoran desert native plants: juniper berries, pinon gum, brittlebush gum (a yellow-flowered medicinal shrub that is sometimes used as incense in Mexican churches), and osha root.
    • His grandfather had fled the shackles of peonage in the 1880s and homesteaded this tract of Sonoran desert.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Sonora + -an.

 
 

Definition of Sonoran in US English:

Sonoran

adjectivesəˈnôrən
  • Relating to, denoting, or characteristic of a biogeographical region including desert areas of the southwestern US and central Mexico.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I use Sonoran desert native plants: juniper berries, pinon gum, brittlebush gum (a yellow-flowered medicinal shrub that is sometimes used as incense in Mexican churches), and osha root.
    • The landscape in question is not Central Australia but the Sonoran Desert in Southern Arizona, USA.
    • We want to make sure that our children do not have to go to a preserve to witness the joy of the unique and fragile Sonoran desert.
    • His grandfather had fled the shackles of peonage in the 1880s and homesteaded this tract of Sonoran desert.
    • However, the Sonoran region is characterized by great variability in annual precipitation, which is one of the most important factors affecting quail populations.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Sonora + -an.

 
 
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