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单词 terrain
释义
terrain
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n

An ATV, or all-terrain vehicle, is useful for people who drive on lots of different terrain, hence the name. Terrain is a noun used to talk about the ground, when you're specifically interested in how it appears or is shaped.
In times of war, you'll often hear the term "hostile terrain" used to describe a region with lots of mountains, vast stretches of desert, or impenetrable jungles. These are all areas of difficult terrain that are hard to pass. Much of humankind's history can be traced by its effort to alter the terrain. We've made mountains into meadows, rivers into lakes, and prairies into roads, all to make the terrain more livable for us. You could even go so far as to say that a person's psyche is mysterious terrain.
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terrain: terrains
USAGE EXAMPLES
To minimize erosion, terrain, soil structure and rainfall are also considered.
Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017)
The major difficulty in cheetah conservation is that the animals range across large expanses of terrain, crossing the boundaries of refuges and nations.
New York Times(Dec 30, 2016)
To the north and west are fields of corn and soybeans, a classic, flat Midwestern terrain.
Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016)
n a piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential
they decided to attack across the rocky terrain
Hyper
parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract
an extended area of land
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