escarpment
英 [?'skɑ?pm(?)nt; e-]
美[?'skɑrpm?nt]
- n. 懸崖；絕壁；陡坡
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?escarpments;
中文詞源
escarpment 懸崖
e-, 緩音字母。scarp, 懸崖。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. The truck was trundling along the escarpment of the Zambesi valley.
- 卡車沿著贊比西山谷的絕壁緩緩行進(jìn)。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. A shelf of land extended from the escarpment.
- 懸崖上凸出一塊空地。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. A thin, resistant limestone escarpment is present just basinward.
- 薄層狀的堅(jiān)硬的石灰?guī)r山崖正好位于靠盆地一側(cè).
來自辭典例句
- 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, 最大通道在比佛迪維特陡壁區(qū)出露的位置.
來自辭典例句
- 5. The fox went to ground under a rocky escarpment.
- 狐貍鉆進(jìn)了懸崖下面的洞里.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)