英语单词“the Cascades”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析

单词 the Cascades 释义 the Cascadesnounuk

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/k?s?ke?dz/alargegroupofmountainsin the US and Canada thatrunsthrough British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and California:Loosevolcanicrockson the highslopesof the Cascades areespeciallypronetosurgedownhillinwetweather.In all, thepipelinewouldextend210miles,feedinginto anaturalgasnetworkeastof the Cascades.

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• She'splanningtrailwalksin the Cascades, ariverraftingtrip, andvisitstoseespawningsalmon.
• As much as twofeetofsnowisexpectedtofallin the Cascades.
• Oregon has one of thelargestelkherdsin thenationandgenerallyhealthymuledeereastof the Cascades.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Geography: hills & mountains

• acclivity
• craggy
• escarpment
• esker
• highlands
• Marilyn
• mesa
• mid-ocean ridge
• motte
• Mount Kilimanjaro
• pinnacle
• precipitous
• scarp
• slope
• spur
• steep
• the Adirondack Mountains
• the Alaska Range
• the Alps
• the Andes

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(Definition ofthe Cascadesfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus? Cambridge University Press)#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/cascades##