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escarpment

英 [ɪ'skɑːpm(ə)nt; e-]美[ɪ'skɑrpmənt]
  • n. 悬崖;绝壁;陡坡

词态变化


复数: escarpments;

中文词源


escarpment 悬崖

e-, 缓音字母。scarp, 悬崖。

英文词源


escarpment (n.)
1802, from French escarpment, from escarper "make into a steep slope," from escarpe "slope," from Italian scarpa (see scarp). Earlier in same sense was escarp.

双语例句


1. The truck was trundling along the escarpment of the Zambesi valley.
卡车沿着赞比西山谷的绝壁缓缓行进。

来自柯林斯例句

2. A shelf of land extended from the escarpment.
悬崖上凸出一块空地。

来自柯林斯例句

3. A thin, resistant limestone escarpment is present just basinward.
薄层状的坚硬的石灰岩山崖正好位于靠盆地一侧.

来自辞典例句

4. By coincidence or other wise, the largest channel is exposed in the Beaver Divide escarpment.
由于巧合或其他原因, 最大通道在比佛迪维特陡壁区出露的位置.

来自辞典例句

5. The fox went to ground under a rocky escarpment.
狐狸钻进了悬崖下面的洞里.

来自互联网

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