dune

IPA/djuːn/
KK[dˈun]IPA/duːn/

dune — noun

  • dunesingular
  • dunesplural

1. a mound or ridge of loose sand that wind has shaped, often found along coastline

1.名詞B1
釋義

a mound or ridge of loose sand that wind has shaped, often found along coastlines or across dry, sandy regions such as deserts

例句

Tuan and his brothers ran down the dune toward the shoreline, laughing in the wind.

movement verb + down the dune

The village sat behind a tall dune that blocked the sandstorms from the desert.

position behind a dune

同義詞
  • sand dune

    the full compound form; used interchangeably but more common in scientific or descriptive writing

  • mound

    a more general term for any pile of earth or material; does not specify wind-formed sand