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单词 sierra
释义 si·er·ra
I. \sēˈerə\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Spanish, literally, saw, from Latin serra saw
1.
 a. : a range of mountains especially with a serrated or irregular outline
  < the wild sierra overhead, the desert's death below — J.G.Whittier >
  — often used in plural
  < never lost sight of the towering sierrasLibrary of Congress Information Bulletin >
  < north of Lake Tahoe the sierras are divided — W.W.Atwood †1949 >
 b. : a mountainous region
  < in the sierra, the prevailing pattern among the Indian population is subsistence farming — Internat'l Reference Service >
  < the southern sierra fairly bristles with distinguished art — Scientific Monthly >
2. : any of various large fishes (genus Scomberomorus) that resemble mackerel: as
 a. : cero
 b. : either of two common Spanish mackerel (S. maculatus and S. sierra)
3. often capitalized : venetian red 2a
II.
Usage: usually capitalized
— a communications code word for the letter s
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