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.
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