| 词汇 | grand tetons |
| 词源 | Grand Tetons. French voyageurs early named these moun- tains in northwestern Wyoming the Grand Tetons, the “big breasts,” because of their resemblance to a woman’s breasts. For the same reason the rounded hillocks or mounds west of the Mississippi are called mamelle, from the French mamelle, for “a woman’s breast.” |
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