butte

IPA/bjuːt/
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butte — 名詞

  • buttesingular
  • buttesplural

1. a hill whose sides rise steeply from the flat land around it and whose top is fl

1.名詞B2
釋義

孤山

頂平坡陡的孤立山丘

a hill whose sides rise steeply from the flat land around it and whose top is flat and level, formed in dry desert regions when wind and water wear away the softer rock surrounding a hard rock layer

例句

Jack pointed at the red butte and asked if they could hike to its flat top.

Jack 指著從沙漠中聳起的紅色孤山，問大家是否可以爬到山頂。

collocation: red butte / rising from the desert floor

From the car, we saw three buttes standing in a row, their flat tops glowing orange in the sunset.

從高速公路望去，我們看到三座孤山並列著，平坦的山頂在夕陽下閃著橘色的光。

plural form: buttes + [number]

同義詞
  • mesa

    larger and wider than a butte, with the same flat top and steep sides

  • tableland

    more general term for any flat-topped elevated area; less specific than butte

  • rock formation

    broader term for any natural arrangement of rock, not limited to flat tops

反義詞
  • valley

    low-lying land between hills or mountains, opposite of an elevated butte

  • canyon

    a deep, narrow valley with steep sides, cut into the land rather than rising above it

文法句型

[countable] a + butte

用法筆記

Distinguish from mesa, which has the same flat-topped, steep-sided shape but covers a much larger area. Butte is used mainly in written descriptions of desert landscapes rather than in everyday conversation.

常見錯誤

❌We climbed a butte in the forest near Taipei.
✅We climbed a butte in the desert of Arizona.
💡Buttes form in dry, arid regions, not in forested areas.
❌The butte had a pointed peak like a mountain.
✅The butte had a flat, table-like top.
💡A butte is defined by its flat top, not a pointed peak.