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。
英英释意
- 1. a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge; usually formed by erosion
- 2. a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification
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.
实用场景例句
- 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.
辞典例句
- The fox went to ground under a rocky escarpment.
- 狐狸钻进了悬崖下面的洞里.
期刊摘选
- This is the escarpment of night.
- 这是夜的悬崖.
期刊摘选
- Escarpment railway laneway is the place where accidents often happen.
- 大坡度轨道巷运输是矿井辅助运输的事故多发处.
期刊摘选
- 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.
辞典例句
- 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。
柯林斯例句
- A shelf of land extended from the escarpment.
- 悬崖上凸出一块空地。
柯林斯例句