butte

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Nature, Geographybuttebutte /bjuːt/ noun [countable] DNSGa hill with steep sides and a flat top in the western USExamples from the Corpusbutte• We saw mesas and buttes, red rock under smooth blue sky for the first time in our lives.• Cactus-covered buttes stand in sharp contrast to the blue water, making this an idyllic spot for a getaway.• Across the flat tableland are almost 100 red and orange monolithic sandstone buttes and mesas jutting skywards.• Above the buttes, the mile-high white clouds were as flat on the bottom as paperweights.Origin butte (1800-1900) French “small hill”, from Old French bute “pile of earth”

单词	butte
释义	butte From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Nature, Geographybuttebutte /bjuːt/ noun [countable] DNSGa hill with steep sides and a flat top in the western USExamples from the Corpusbutte• We saw mesas and buttes, red rock under smooth blue sky for the first time in our lives.• Cactus-covered buttes stand in sharp contrast to the blue water, making this an idyllic spot for a getaway.• Across the flat tableland are almost 100 red and orange monolithic sandstone buttes and mesas jutting skywards.• Above the buttes, the mile-high white clouds were as flat on the bottom as paperweights.Origin butte (1800-1900) French “small hill”, from Old French bute “pile of earth”
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