🇬🇧🇨🇳 savanna - 稀树草原 : English Lesson

Meaning of "savanna" ("稀树草原"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A savanna is a huge, open area of land that is mostly covered in grass with only a few trees spread far apart. It is usually warm, gets some rain but also has dry times, and is home to many animals like lions, zebras, giraffes, and elephants. It looks a bit like a giant, natural park with lots of space to run but not many shady spots to sit under.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

On the savanna, the meerkats stand up so straight they look like they’re waiting for a very important bus that never comes.

From far away the savanna looks calm, but up close, everyone is either eating, running, or loudly complaining about the heat.

The vultures circled the savanna like boring drones that only take pictures of leftovers.

In the savanna, the cheetah is the track star, and the warthog is the kid who forgot gym shoes but runs anyway.

The savanna covers huge parts of Africa, and it’s so full of animals that if you tried to count them all, you’d finish right after the tortoise finishes crossing it—never.

A child walked across the hot savanna, grass brushing bare feet. The savanna smelled of dry grass. In the savanna a lone tree stood like a small island. An elephant paused in the savanna and lifted its trunk toward the sun. A lion watched the savanna from a distance. Under the tree, the child sighed with relief and smiled.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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