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单词 terrain
释义 ter·rain
I. \təˈrān also (ˈ)te|r-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: French, land, ground, modification of Latin terrenum — more at terrene
1. archaic : a geographical location : spot
2.
 a.
  (1) : a geographical area : region, territory
   < explosions … spread a large amount of ash over the surrounding terrainReport: Smithsonian Institution >
  (2) : a piece of earth : ground
   < bump along the terrain right up to the clubhouse — W.B.Furlong >
 b. : the physical features of a tract of land : contour, topography
  < analysis of terrain in aerial photos in different seasons — Ragnar Thoren >
 c. : a physical environment of various kinds
  < a terrain of water that covered almost four million square miles — Wirt Williams >
 d. : an area devoted to a specified activity
  < the entire Union became a racing and breeding terrain — John Hervey >
3. : terrane 1
4.
 a. : a defined range of subject matter : field of knowledge
  < travel lightly but skillfully over the whole terrain of economics — S.E.Harris >
 b. : a sphere of action : arena
  < transferred the terrain of theological controversy from the learned tractate to the popular pamphlet — Helen Sullivan >
II. adjective
Etymology: alteration (influenced by terrain) (I) of terrene (I)
: terrestrial, topographic
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