chaparral

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌʃæp.əˈɹæl/|/ˌt͡ʃæp.əˈɹæl/    美 /ˌʃæp.əˈɹæl/|/ˌʃæp.əˈɹɛl/|[ˌʃæp.ɚˈ(ɹ)æl]|[ˌʃæp.ɚˈ(ɹ)ɛl]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A region of shrubs, typically dry in the summer and rainy in the winter. The coast of the Mediterranean is such a region. US,countable,uncountable
    — It was quite dark when, after an arduous climb, the sheriff made his tortuous way through the chaparral to the point where Anthony Garland should be stationed.
  2. The foliage of creosote bush, Larrea divaricata, when used as a medicinal herb. countable,uncountable

词形变化

chaparrals plural

词汇关系

衍生词
chaparral bird chaparral cock chaparral hen chaparral yucca

词源

From Spanish chaparral, from chaparro (“evergreen oak”) + -al, from Basque txaparro, from txapar, from sapar.
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