English Dictionary

steppe

IPA（発音記号）

/stɛp/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

The grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia. Similar to (North American) prairie and (African) savanna. / A vast cold, dry grass-plain.

日本語の意味

東ヨーロッパやアジアに広がる広大な乾燥草原地帯。北米のプレーリーやアフリカのサバンナに類似する。 / 寒冷で乾燥した広大な草原。

The nomads rode across the vast steppe beneath an endless sky.

遊牧民は果てしない空の下、広大なユーラシアの草原を駆け抜けた。

意味（1）

The grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia. Similar to (North American) prairie and (African) savanna.

Enkidu was the hairy man of the wild steppes, and Gilgamesh was the hero of civilization; but now the contrast is between Gilgamesh, the king, the man of political power, the heroic man of action, the extrovert, and Utnapishtim, the man of religious authority, the introvert, the sage.

意味（2）

A vast cold, dry grass-plain.

Grasslands: The Steppe biome is a dry, cold, grassland that is found in all of the continents except Australia and Antarctica. It is mostly found in the USA, Mongolia, Siberia, Tibet and China. There isn't much humidity in the air because Steppe is located away from the ocean and close to mountain barriers.

steppes （ plural ）