gobi
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4ADJ.
northwest, remote
VERB + GOBI
crossed, walked
GOBI + NOUN
foot, mongolian
PREP.
across, in, on, on
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A large desert in Asia, spanning the countries of Mongolia and China.
In winter the thermometer on the Mongolian plateau sometimes drops to –40° Fahrenheit, yet the camels wander about with no sense of suffering. On the other hand, the Russian explorer, Prejevalski, found the temperature of the ground in the Gobi Desert in summer to be more than 140° Fahrenheit, and the camels are apparently as indifferent to this degree of heat as they are to the winter cold.
These missionaries were good people of whose devotion America can be proud. Some months later under Boxer mob-violence they were driven out on to the Gobi Desert. But the Tao Tai gave them protection which saw them safely across the desert to the Russian frontier, though with much hardship.
noun
cauliflower
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6In winter the thermometer on the Mongolian plateau sometimes drops to –40° Fahrenheit, yet the camels wander about with no sense of suffering. On the other hand, the Russian explorer, Prejevalski, fou
WiktionaryThese missionaries were good people of whose devotion America can be proud. Some months later under Boxer mob-violence they were driven out on to the Gobi Desert. But the Tao Tai gave them protection
WiktionaryIn 1941, Chang traveled to the remote Gobi Desert in Northwest China and lived in the Tun Huang Caves for two years and seven months.
WiktionaryThe Gobi desert is a cold desert.
Tatoeba · #6577101The Gobi Desert is expanding at an alarming rate.
Tatoeba · #6577106Marcus claimed to have crossed the Gobi Desert on foot.
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