Cordillera
[kɔ:di'ljeәrә]
解释:
(n.) A mountain ridge or chain.
校对:奥利弗
解释:
n. a name applied in America to a chain of mountains as the Andes and Rocky Mountains.
手打:劳里
例句:
- Along this whole space of the Cordillera true glaciers do not now exist even at much more considerable heights. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- On the Silla of Caraccas the illustrious Humboldt long ago found species belonging to genera characteristic of the Cordillera. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- In the Cordillera of South America, nearly under the equator, glaciers once extended far below their present level. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- Great as is the force at work, ages are required to produce a range of mountains like the Cordilleras; moreover, progress is not uniform and subsid ence may alternate with elevation. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- From this point he set out on foot to explore the Cauca Valley and the Cordilleras. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
手打:凯勒