chap.ar.ral
chaparral的音标和读音:
DJ音标发音: [ˌʃæpəˈræl]
KK音标发音: [ˌʃæpəˈræl]
chaparral的词性:
n.(名词)
1. Ecology A biome characterized by hot, dry summers and cool, moist winters and dominated by a dense growth of mostly small-leaved evergreen shrubs, as that found in the foothills of California.
【生态学】 沙巴拉群落:由主要为小叶常绿密生的灌木组成的生物群落,夏季干旱炎热,冬季凉爽湿润,如存在于加利福尼亚州山麓小丘的一个生物群落
2. A dense thicket of shrubs and small trees.
浓密的灌木丛和矮树丛
chaparral的词源:
3. Spanish
西班牙语
4. from chaparro [evergreen oak]
源自 chaparro [常绿橡树]
5. from Basque txapar [diminutive of] saphar [thicket]
源自 巴斯克语 txapar [] saphar的小后缀 [灌木林]