escarpment

英[ɪ'skɑːpmənt] 美[ɪ'skɑːrpmənt]
  • n. 长而陡的坡或悬崖
    n. (名词)
    1. 悬崖,绝壁,峭壁,断崖,山崖
    2. 陡坡,陡斜坡,鬣丘,马头丘
    3. 内壕,城堡壕沟的外斜坡
    4. 陡壁区
    5. 擒纵机,摆轮,可行轮,棘轮装置,节摆件
    6. 制动,闭锁,擒纵

英英释义

Noun:
  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

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

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. Warm tip: Watch out for escarpment.
      温馨敬告:坡陡,注意安全。
    2. The fox went to ground under a rocky escarpment.
      狐狸钻进了石崖下面的洞里。
    3. There was an escarpment about 150 meters to our right.
      在我们右侧大约150米的地方是一处悬崖。

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