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词汇 prairie
释义 prairie
noun[ C or U ]
uk /ˈpreə.ri/ us /ˈprer.i/
a wide area of flat land without trees in Canada and the northern US(加拿大和美国北部的)大草原
 
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prairie | American Dictionary


prairie
noun
us/ˈpreər·i/
a wide area of flat land, covered with grass, esp. a large area in central North America that was originally covered by grass and is now mainly farming land

Examples of prairie


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In addition to burning, grazing by cattle and bison in the tallgrass prairie is also important for plant productivity and maintenance of species biodiversity70.
Developing high seed yielding perennial polycultures as a mimic of mid-grass prairie.
Influence of structure and composition of ryegrass and prairie grass-white clover swards on the grazed horizon and diet harvested by sheep.
An important issue is the effects of warming on temperate and boreal natural systems including forests and prairies, as well as on agricultural systems.
Settlers have located themselves contiguous to prairies for the very purpose of getting the benefit of the range.
Factors influencing invertebrate communities in prairie wetlands: a multivariate approach.
The dialogue reflects her perception that east coasters (and middle-class 0 literary speakers) use not-contraction more than rural prairie speakers.
The types of land use were agriculture, wetlands, shrubs and prairies, forest plantations, mixed (plantation/natural) forests, old-growth forests, snow and glacier, and barren areas.
Bats are relatively small and ephemeral habitats (compared with forests, prairies or oceans).
Factors related to the distribution of prairie plants along a moisture gradient.
But with the pacification of the prairies the mythmaking intensified, no longer tethered to any visible reality.
Forests may give way to prairies, but this would happen only slowly at the forest margin and with little serious consequence.
For example, mountain voles are highly solitary animals, in contrast to prairie voles, which form monogamous relationships and are very social.
Soil pathogenic fungi have the potential to affect the coexistence of two tallgrass prairie species.
Interspecific variation in plant responses to mycorrhizal colonization in tallgrass prairie.
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Collocations withprairie


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coastal prairie
In the absence of grazing and/or fire, many areas of coastalprairie are being lost to shrub and tree encroachment.
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open prairie
From the openprairie, where there is no cultivation at all.
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prairie chicken
They developed and initiated a management plan based on their observation that the prairiechicken required a checkerboard pattern of habitat.
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