单词 | mesa |
释义 | mesa From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Geographymesame‧sa /ˈmeɪsə/ noun [countable]SGa hill with a flat top and steep sides, in the southwestern USExamples from the Corpusmesa• They'd lope out to a mesa two miles away and walk back.• There was a mild breeze twisting up the canyons, switching back and forth across the mesa.• Off the mesa, the setting sun was more apparent.• The last hundred feet of elevation form a near-vertical cliff, effectively turning the mesa into an imposing dark fortress.• That was because of this little mountain, this mesa outside Big Spring.Origin mesa (1700-1800) Spanish “table”, from Latin mensa |
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