sandy desert

基本解释

But one sandy desert hillside shines jet-black.
但在沙质荒漠山坡上闪耀着乌黑颜色。
The bucolic woods, vineyards and meadows of the south-west were such a delight after the Great Sandy Desert that we rode along grinning in our helmets and saying: "Corners!
走过大沙漠后，西南部乡间的树林，葡萄园和牧场景色令人愉悦。我们骑着车，头盔下的脸上不断绽放出笑容，不时惊呼：海湾！
Which was all we could do for the next four days, except watch a mechanic struggle to get Matilda back on the road for the most fearsome stretch yet: the Great Sandy Desert of Western Australia.
接下来的四天我们也只能等待，除了看机修工想方设法把麦铁尔达修好，因为我们下面要走的是最可怕的一段路——西澳大利亚的大沙漠。

C. and A.D. 500 by brushing away the dark top layer of barren desert to reveal the light, sandy soil underneath, wrote Clive Ruggles, an archaeologist from the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom, in an email.
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