butte
butte 英 [bjuːt] 美 [bjut]
n. 孤峰；孤立的丘
名词复数:buttes
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- n. 孤峰；孤立的丘
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1. Upstream is the poisonous Berkeley Pit, an open-pit mine in butte, which was once called the Richest Hill on Earth for the quantities of gold, silver and copper mined there.
上游是有毒的伯克利矿坑，一个比尤特的露天矿。 它曾经被称为地球上最富有的矿山，因为这里的金、银和铜矿数量巨大。
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2. A bend in the Colorado River horseshoes around a sandstone butte in Grand Canyon National Park.
在大峡谷国家公园里，科罗拉多河的一个弯道马蹄铁形地围绕着砂岩孤丘。
- butte (n.) "conspicuous elevation," especially a steep-sided one notable in its isolation, 1805, American English, from French butte, from Old French but "mound, knoll; target to shoot at" (see butt (n.3)). A relic of the French exploration of the upper Missouri region, introduced in English in Lewis & Clark's journals.
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