precipice是什么意思？

precipice

英[ˈpresəpɪs] 美[ˈprɛsəpɪs]

• n. 悬崖，峭壁；

复数：precipices;

例句

• The hut hung half over the edge of the precipice. 那间小屋有一半悬在峭壁边上。
• The climber fell down a precipice. 爬山者跌下了悬崖。
• The path verges on the edge of a precipice. 这条小径濒临断崖的边缘.
• Watching him climb up the precipice, everybody was breathless with anxiety. 看着他往悬崖上爬, 大家都捏一把汗.
• A slight carelessness on this precipice could cost a man his life. 在这悬崖上稍一疏忽,就会使人丧生.
• They were perilously close to the edge of the precipice. 他们离悬崖边很近,十分危险.
• The King now stands on the brink of a political precipice. 国王现在处于政治上岌岌可危的境地。
• I was beginning to admit to myself that our marriage was rolling toward the edge of a precipice... 我内心开始承认我们的婚姻正走向危险的边缘。

同义词

• n.
  precipice的同义词之：断崖;绝壁;斜坡
  palisade, cliff, bluff, slope,
• precipice的同义词之：其他释义
  bluff, slope, palisade, cliff,

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  悬崖；峭壁
  A precipice is a very steep cliff on a mountain.
• N-COUNT
  险境；危局；绝境
  If you say that someone is on the edge of a precipice, you mean that they are in a dangerous situation in which they are extremely close to disaster or failure.
  例句
  I was beginning to admit to myself that our marriage was rolling toward the edge of a precipice... 我内心开始承认我们的婚姻正走向危险的边缘。 The King now stands on the brink of a political precipice. 国王现在处于政治上岌岌可危的境地。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  悬崖,峭壁
  The climber fell down a precipice. 爬山者跌下了悬崖。 The hut hung half over the edge of the precipice. 那间小屋有一半悬在峭壁边上。 A slight carelessness on this precipice could cost a man his life. 在这悬崖上稍一疏忽,就会使人丧生。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a very steep cliff