scarp
GRE畅通词汇
英 [skɑːp]
美[skɑrp]
释义
vt. 在…设内斜坡；将…辟成陡坡
n. 内斜坡，陡坡
中文词源
scarp 陡坡，悬崖来自意大利语 scarpa,陡坡，悬崖，来自 Proto-Germanic*skarpa,切割，锋利，来自 PIE*sker, 砍，切，词源同 shear,sharp.
英文词源
- scarp (n.)
- "steep slope," 1580s, from Italian scarpa "slope," probably from a Germanic source, perhaps Gothic skarpo "pointed object," from Proto-Germanic *skarpa- "cutting, sharp" (cognates: Middle High German schroffe "sharp rock, crag," Old English scræf "cave, grave"), from PIE *(s)ker- (1) "to cut" (see shear (v.)).
双语例句
- 1. The scarp has slopes with grades greater than 60 degrees.
- 这个悬崖的斜坡角度大于60度。
来自辞典例句
- 2. Sometimes you may not even know that you are looking at a fault scarp.
- 甚至有时你都不知道你正在看的恰恰就是一个断层.
来自互联网
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
实用场景例句
- Sometimes you may not even know that you are looking at a fault scarp.
- 甚至有时你都不知道你正在看的恰恰就是一个断层.
期刊摘选
- The scarp has slopes with grades greater than 60 degrees.
- 这个悬崖的斜坡角度大于60度。
辞典例句
