| 单词 | altiplano town |
| 释义 | > as lemmasaltiplano town attributive. Of, belonging to, or designating the South American altiplano, as altiplano plateau, altiplano region, altiplano town, altiplano wind, etc. ΚΠ 1917 Pan-Amer. Mag. June 75/1 Night has fallen upon these scenes in the Altiplano region when our train arrives in Puno. 1966 Economist 2 Apr. 33 The old boiler plates piled before the doors to keep the piercing altiplano wind from reaching families of nine sharing two beds in one room. 1976 R. Sabbag Snow Blind v. 70 Several million Altiplano Indians still chew coca leaves to fight fatigue. 1993 New Scientist 5 June 28/2 Láscar, a remote, snow-dusted volcano perched high above the Altiplano plateau of Chile. 1998 W. Becker Link (2000) 120 A series of shanties where..men who had migrated from even more economically depressed altiplano towns..sat outside smoking. 2006 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 10 Aug. 36/4 Flores had arrived..wearing a cheap bubble jacket against the miserable altiplano cold. < as lemmas |
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