mesa
gb/mˈeɪsə/ us/mˈeɪsə/
B2
Englisch
~ 8200
Bedeutungen
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Nomen
B2
entity
1
Flat-topped hill with steep sides
A high hill with a flat top and very steep sides, usually in a dry or desert place.
Verwendungsmuster:
[a mesa] rises above [the surrounding land]
Häufiger Fehler:
Learners who know Spanish sometimes think 'mesa' means 'table' in English. In English, 'mesa' almost always refers only to the landform, not to furniture. It is also sometimes confused with 'plateau'; a plateau is usually larger and may not have such steep sides, while a mesa is more isolated and hill-like.
Synonyme
plateau (Usually larger and more extensive than a mesa; may refer to a whole region, not just a single landform.)
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tableland (A more formal or literary word; often used for a wide, flat high area, not always with very steep sides like a mesa.)
Antonyme
valley (A low area of land between hills or mountains, the opposite of a high-standing mesa.)
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canyon (A deep, narrow valley with steep sides; where a mesa rises above the land, a canyon cuts down into it.)
Wortverbindungen
flat-topped mesa
|desert mesa
|rocky mesa
|high mesa
|top of the mesa
|mesa country
Themen
geography
|nature
|environment
|space
Beispiele
- From the highway we could see a lone mesa rising above the desert floor.
- The hikers set up camp on top of the mesa to watch the sunset.
- Erosion over millions of years left a series of mesas and buttes across the landscape.
- The film opens with a wide shot of a red sandstone mesa under a clear blue sky.
- Ancient cliff dwellings are built into the side of the mesa.
Beispiele für Lernende
- We stopped the car to take a photo of the tall mesa.
- The town is in a valley below a large mesa.
- They climbed to the top of the mesa in the morning.
- A river cut the land and left one big mesa.
- From the mesa, you can see very far.
Nomen
B2
entity
2
City of Mesa in Arizona
A city in the state of Arizona in the United States, near Phoenix.
Verwendungsmuster:
[someone] lives in Mesa
Häufiger Fehler:
Learners sometimes treat 'Mesa' like a common noun and write 'the Mesa' when they mean the city. As a city name, it is a proper noun and normally does not take 'the': you say 'I live in Mesa', not 'I live in the Mesa.'
Synonyme
Mesa, Arizona (The full proper name of the city, used to avoid confusion with other places named Mesa.)
Antonyme
Phoenix (Not a true semantic opposite, but a nearby major city that learners might confuse with Mesa; included as a contrasting place name.)
Wortverbindungen
Mesa, Arizona
|live in Mesa
|drive to Mesa
|the Mesa area
|Mesa resident
|Mesa community
Themen
geography
|travel
|space
Beispiele
- She grew up in Mesa but moved to Phoenix for college.
- We’re flying into Phoenix and then driving to Mesa for the conference.
- Mesa has grown rapidly as more people move to the Phoenix area.
- The baseball team holds its spring training games in Mesa, Arizona.
- Housing prices in Mesa have increased over the past decade.
Beispiele für Lernende
- My aunt lives in Mesa, Arizona.
- We drove from Phoenix to Mesa in one hour.
- Many people move to Mesa for the warm weather.
- I visited a friend in Mesa last summer.
- Mesa is part of the Phoenix metro area.
Grammatik
Grundform
mesa
IPA
GB/mˈeɪsə/
US/mˈeɪsə/
Silben & Betonung
mesa (1 Silbe)
Stress on 1st syllable (mesa)
Wortformen
Noun
- Base: mesa
- Plural: mesas
Wortfamilie
Forms
mesas
noun
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