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English words for 草原
Grassland
A grassland is a generally open and continuous, fairly flat area of grass, such as Inner Mongolian Grassland.
Steppes
An English-Chinese dictionary says it 特指西伯利亞一帶沒有樹木的大草原.
But the billingual version of American Heritage Dictionary provides a broader defination:
A vast semiarid grass-covered plain, as found in southeast Europe, Siberia, and central North America.
大草原:一片半乾燥的大草原,如在東南歐洲、西伯利亞或中北美洲的.
The word, Steppes, is used in some song titles, such as Chyi's Whispering Steppes (Lyrics by Chyi ). It refers to Tibetan 草原.
Prairie
Prairie refers to an area of land in North America of low topographic relief that principally supports grasses and herbs, with few trees, and is generally of a mesic (moderate or temperate) climate. Most of the Great Plains, including the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Iowa, and much of Missouri and Minnesota, is considered prairie. French explorers called these areas prairie, from the French word for "meadow".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prairie
中國電視台播放過美國電視連續劇《草原小屋》Little House on the Prairie
How about meadowland?
I used to think it is 草地. But a 草原-related Russian song has an English title: Meadowland.
《美國傳統詞典》on meadowland:
A tract of land having the characteristics of or used for a meadow.
草地,牧場:有草地特點或用作草地的一片土地 |
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