escarpment是什么意思？

escarpment

英[ɪˈskɑ:pmənt] 美[ɪˈskɑrpmənt]

• n. 悬崖，断崖，绝壁，陡斜坡；

复数：escarpments;

例句

• 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.
• 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.
• 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。
• A shelf of land extended from the escarpment. 悬崖上凸出一块空地。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  悬崖；峭壁；陡坡
  An escarpment is a wide, steep slope on a hill or mountain.

英英词典释义

• 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