Although farming of any sort was almost as impossible in the plains as in the dry regions of winter rains farther west, the abundance of buffaloes made life much easier in many respects.

  • -- Ellsworth Huntington 埃尔斯沃思·亨廷顿

尽管平原上的农业几乎和西部干旱地区的冬雨一样不可能,但大量的水牛使生活在许多方面变得容易得多。

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I like cool jackets - a nice fall or winter coat. You can get a lot of use out of it, and you'll wear it frequently, so it can really set the tone of your uniform for the season.

我喜欢凉爽的夹克——一件漂亮的秋冬季大衣。你可以从中得到很多好处,你会经常穿它,所以它真的可以为你这个季节的制服定下基调。

Although mountains may guide migrations, the plains are the regions where people dwell in greatest numbers.

虽然高山可以引导迁徙,但平原是人类居住最多的地区。

Winter lingered so long in the lap of Spring that it occasioned a great deal of talk.

冬天在春天的膝上逗留得太久了,因此引起了许多谈话。