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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++Amazon2 /ˈæməzən $ -zɑːn, -zən-/ trademark  na website that sells books, music, films, toys, electronic and household goods. You make your order and pay over the Internet, and the books, toys etc are sent to you through the post. Amazon has websites in many countries.Am·a·zon3 /ˈæməzən $ -zɑːn -zən/ noun [countable] literary  a strong tall woman 高大强壮的女人Amazonian /ˌæməˈzəʊniən◂ $ -ˈzoʊ-/ adjective
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AmazonThe smoke began affecting Manaus in mid-September. Amazon farmers are encouraged by the state government to burn land for pasture.Single bamboo canes are also used as rhythm sticks in many parts of the world, including Polynesia and the Amazon Basin.Last year, the rate of deforestation in the Amazon declined by almost 30 percent.The surface is widely and deeply scored by the valleys of ancient rivers comparable in flow to the Amazon.
nthe AmazonAmazon, the1  na river in South America, which goes through Peru and Brazil and is the second longest river in the world
Amazon2Am·a·zon3 nounAmazon, the1LDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable
Corpus a that toys, electronic films, books, sells music, website


Amazon
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Amazon /ˈæməzən $ -zɑːn -zən/ noun [countable] literary
a strong tall woman
—Amazonian /ˌæməˈzəʊniən◂ $ -ˈzoʊ-/ adjective

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Amazon, the
a river in South America, which goes through Peru and Brazil and is the second longest river in the world


AmazonBrE /ˈæməzən/ 🔊NAmE /ˈæməzən/ 🔊, also /ˈæməzɑːn/ 🔊 noun(in ancient Greek stories) a woman from a group of female warriors (= soldiers) (古希腊神话中的)亚马孙族女战士amazon (literary) a tall strong woman 高大强悍的女人