escarpment

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基本釋義

A thin, resistant limestone escarpment is present just basinward.

薄層狀的堅硬的石灰巖山崖正好位于靠盆地一側.

辭典例句

The fox went to ground under a rocky escarpment.

狐貍鉆進了懸崖下面的洞里.

期刊摘選

This is the escarpment of night.

這是夜的懸崖.

期刊摘選

Escarpment railway laneway is the place where accidents often happen.

大坡度軌道巷運輸是礦井輔助運輸的事故多發處.

期刊摘選

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出露的位置.

辭典例句

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。

柯林斯例句

A shelf of land extended from the escarpment.

懸崖上凸出一塊空地。

柯林斯例句

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