A prairie is a wide, fairly flat stretch of land in North America, covered in grass — or, these days, often in wheat. There are few trees. The sky feels huge.

A prairieprairie(大草原) is a wide, fairly flat stretch of land in North America是北美洲一大片相當平坦的土地, covered in grass上面長滿了草 — or, these days, often in wheat或者現在常常改種小麥. There are few trees樹木很少. The sky feels huge天空感覺特別大

The word belongs especially to Canada and the United States; it is not the usual name for grassland in Africa or Asia. Though actually, much of the old wild prairie has been turned into farms, so when people say prairie they may mean the farmland of that region as much as the wild grass itself.

The word belongs especially to Canada and the United States這個字特別屬於加拿大和美國; it is not the usual name for grassland in Africa or Asia不是非洲或亞洲草原常用的說法. Though actually不過其實, much of the old wild prairie has been turned into farms過去大片的野生prairie已經被開墾成農地, so when people say prairie they may mean the farmland of that region as much as the wild grass itself所以人們說prairie時，可能是指那個地區的農地，跟指野生的草原一樣多

It is a geography-and-story word: you meet it in schoolbooks, western films, and talk about the American Midwest. In Britain people more often say grassland or plain for similar land elsewhere, and keep prairie for that North American picture.

It is a geography-and-story word這是個地理課和故事裡會用的字: you meet it in schoolbooks, western films, and talk about the American Midwest你會在教科書、西部片，還有講到美國中西部時遇到它. In Britain people more often say grassland or plain for similar land elsewhere在英國，講到其他地方類似的地形時人們更常說grassland或plain, and keep prairie for that North American pictureprairie則保留給北美洲那種景象專用