coteau

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /kəˈtoʊ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A hilly upland including the divide between two valleys. Canada,US
    — It happened when he was a tiny boy standing at the edge of a prairie coteau. From that place, he saw the buffalo trudging out of the horizon on one side of the world.
  2. The side of a valley. Canada,US

词形变化

coteaus plural coteaux plural côteau alternative,rare

词源

From French coteau, from Old French costel, from Latin costa (“rib, side”).
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