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安第斯山脉

Ān dì sī Shān mài

5-character word Traditional 安第斯山脈

What 安第斯山脉 means

1. the Andes Mountains (in South America)

The characters in 安第斯山脉

• 安ān(bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health
• 第dì(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六…
• 斯sī(phonetic); this
• 山shānmountain; hill; (colloquial) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on
• 脉màiarteries and veins; vein (on a leaf, insect wing etc)

Example sentences

• 这是安第斯山脉的最高峰。
  It's the highest mountain in the Andes.
• 科学家称，他们在南美洲安第斯山脉的云雾森林中发现了一种新的食肉动物物种，这是 30 多年来的首次此类发现。
  Scientists say they have found a new species of carnivore in the cloud forests of the Andes mountains in South America — the first discovery of its kind in more than 30 years.
• 1910 年至 1980 年间，世界大部分地区都在变暖，而赤道以南安第斯山脉附近的一些地区实际上却在变冷，之后直到 20 世纪 90 年代中期才发生了变化。
  As most of the world was warming up between 1910 and 1980, some areas south of the equator near the Andes were actually cooling down, and then afterwards had no change at all until the middle 1990s.
• 这群来自智利和秘鲁安第斯山脉地区的音乐家自称为「瓦伊诺」。他们演奏安地斯山脉的传统音乐，使用古老的乐器，例如木笛、吉他和铃铛。各种各样的音乐家、舞者和默剧演员经常在地铁里表演，靠着小费维持生计，同时也能继续从事他们的艺术创作。
  This group of musicians from the Andes mountain region of Chile and Peru calls itself Wayno. They play the traditional music of the Andes, using age-old instruments like wooden flutes, guitars, and bells. A variety of musicians, dancers and mimes regularly perform in the subways, playing for tips that help them earn a living while practicing their art.