Patagonia

英 [,pætə'ɡəunjə] 美

Patagonia: South American region, with -ia + Patagon, name given by Europeans to the Tehuelche people who inhabited the coasts of the region, sometimes said to mean literally "large-foot," from Spanish and Portuguese pata "paw, animal foot" (see patten) in reference to the people's llama-skin shoes. But elsewhere said to be from Patagon, name of a dog-headed monster in the prose romance "Amadís de Gaula" (1508) by Garci Ordóñez de Montalvo (which also might have yielded California).

1. This huge mountain chain continues the great spine that runs from Patagonia to Alaska.: 这个巨大的山脉向北延伸,从巴塔哥尼亚高原直抵阿拉斯加的山脊.

2. Peninsula Valdes in Patagonia is a site of global significance for the conservation of marine mammals.: 位于巴塔哥尼亚地区的瓦尔德斯半岛是全球海洋哺乳动物资源的重点保护区.

3. Ted Turner, the communications magnate, also has bought land in Argentine Patagonia an eye to conservation.: 媒体巨子泰德·透纳着眼于环境保育, 也买下阿根廷巴塔哥尼亚土地.

4. Photo Gallery: Plains A steam locomotive chugs across an expanse of South America's storied Patagonia region.: 平原的图片画廊 .一辆蒸汽火车轧轧声向前进越过广阔的南美洲的巴塔哥尼亚地区.

5. A land of untouched beauty , South America's Patagonia stands to be dramatically altered by climate change.: 南美巴达格利亚这块保持了原始风貌的陆地因为气候变化经受着巨大的改变.