escarpment

escarpment

英 [ɪ'skɑːpm(ə)nt; e-]
　　美 [ɪ'skɑrpmənt]

n. 懸崖；絕壁；陡坡

中文詞源：

escarpment 懸崖

e-, 緩音字母。scarp, 懸崖。

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。

2. A shelf of land extended from the escarpment.
懸崖上凸出一塊空地。

3. A thin, resistant limestone escarpment is present just basinward.
薄層狀的堅硬的石灰巖山崖正好位於靠盆地一側.

4. By coincidence or other wise, the largest channel is exposed in the Beaver Divide escarpment.
由於巧合或其他原因, 最大通道在比佛迪維特陡壁區出露的位置.

5. The fox went to ground under a rocky escarpment.
狐貍鉆進瞭懸崖下面的洞裡.