escarpment

e-, 缓音字母。scarp, 悬崖。

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.

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。

2. A shelf of land extended from the escarpment.

悬崖上凸出一块空地。

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.

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.

5. The fox went to ground under a rocky escarpment.

狐狸钻进了悬崖下面的洞里.