| 单词 | mallee country |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmallee country b. More fully mallee country. Any of the semi-desert areas of Australia in which the principal natural vegetation is mallee scrub. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [noun] > barren land or desert > specific Sahara1613 sertão1816 mallee1851 hammada1853 erg1875 1851 Empire (Sydney) 13 Feb. 3/3 The flock masters in the Mallee country..are compelled to move their flocks. 1908 Chambers's Jrnl. Oct. 702/1 The mallee country of Victoria,..and the Darling Downs of southern Queensland are the natural granaries of the Commonwealth. 1924 New Settlers' Handbk. Victoria 16 Not so long since the Mallee was looked upon as being more or less a desert. 1958 E. O. Schlunke Village Hampden 127 ‘They're going to lynch you, Regerson,’ Harry told him, grinning. ‘You'd better take to the mallee before they come for you.’ 1967 S. Wadham Austral. Farming 24 The mallee country further north was a different problem. 1985 H. Garner Postcards from Surfers 15 Auntie Lorna and my father come from the same town, Hopetoun in the Mallee. < as lemmas |
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