| 释义 |
butte
\ˈbyüt, usually -üd.+V\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: French, knoll, hillock, from Middle French bute mound of earth serving as backstop for a target — more at butt (mound)
: an isolated hill or small mountain with steep or precipitous sides and a top variously flat, rounded, or pointed that may be a residual mass isolated by erosion (as at Butte, Montana), a volcanic cone (as East Butte, Idaho), or an exposed volcanic neck (as Ship Rock, New Mexico) and that usually has a smaller summit area than a mesa |