英语词汇great american desert的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	great american desert
词源	Great American Desert. The idea of a Great American Desert in the West discouraged many people from settling in the region, which they thought was uninhabitable. The term Great American Desert was used in newspapers and geogra- phies as early as 1834. Before this, the area, which is part of the Great Plains, was called the Great Desert, this term recorded 50 years earlier.
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