英语释义

• a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification

• a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge; usually formed by erosion

片语

Mau EscarpmentThe Mau Escarpment is a fault-scarp running along the western edge of the Great Rift Valley in Keny The top of the escarpment reaches approximately 3000 m (10,000 ft) above sea level, and is over 1000m higher than the floor of the Rift Valley.

Escarpment Retreat伊斯卡普蒙特度假酒店

krantz(Krantz)人名；(德、英、法、芬、罗、瑞典)克兰茨

Escarpment Vineyard爱斯卡门酒庄

precipice悬崖；绝壁；险境

Escarpment Dreaming梦幻绝壁

continental escarpment陆崖

Niagara EscarpmentRattlesnake Point near [[Milton, Ontari]]

Loess escarpment黄土陡坎

The Escarpment悬崖山庄

fault escarpment[地质]

英汉例句

• the face of an escarpment below the kelp forest.

  在海藻森林的下面是陡峭的悬崖。

• in time she reached the edge of the vast escarpment below which stretched the loamy vale of blackmoor, now lying misty and still in the dawn.

  不久，她走到了那片宽大的斜坡边缘，斜坡下面就是黑荒原谷的大片沃土，现在还隐匿在雾霭里，沉睡在黎明中。

• 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。

• from that overlook in the awash, we could also look west, farther into the past to the foothills of the escarpment forming the western margin of the study area.

  从阿瓦什的那处远眺点俯视出去，我们还可以看到整个研究区域的西部边缘，那里是悬崖的前陆，属于更古老的史前时代。

• but within days of making the torturously slow descent from the escarpment down to the river basin, they found evidence of rampant poaching.

  但是在随后几天从悬崖处开始如蜗牛爬行般的下行到河滩地时，他们发现了猖獗偷猎的证据。

• tess went up the remainder of its length without stopping, and on reaching the edge of the escarpment gazed over the familiar green world beyond, now half-veiled in mist.

  苔丝没有休息，一口气走完了这道坡上还没有走完的路，到了山崖的边上，她向前面那个她所熟悉的绿色世界望去，只见它在雾霭中半隐半现。

• a 62-mile finger of land between lake huron and georgian bay, ontario’s bruce peninsula is known for its spectacular shoreline and niagara escarpment rock formations.

  在休伦湖和乔治亚湾之间有62英里手指状的土地，安大略省的布鲁斯半岛因其壮观的海岸线和尼亚加拉的悬崖巖层而闻名。

• the arp museum, sited on a wooded escarpment overlooking the rhine, is intended to respond to and echo the forms of these captivating relics.

  博物馆高立于森林包围的悬崖上，鸟瞰莱茵河，同时回应着周围这些惊人的古迹。

• we are known around the world for our award-winning wine industry and our outstanding natural features such as the niagara escarpment and niagara falls。

  尼亚加拉地区不仅拥有世界闻名的葡萄酒产业，得天独厚的尼亚加拉断层带，更拥有闻名于世的自然文化遗产尼亚加拉大瀑布。

• there was an escarpment about 150 meters to our right.

  在我们右侧大约150米的地方是一处悬崖。

• today what remains of the fort at albazino is a grassy rectangular escarpment above the roiling river.

  今天，阿尔巴济诺(albazino)堡只是滔滔的江边，一个长满杂草的矩形悬崖。

• on the one hand the house appears as a natural escarpment in the landscape, while on the other it affirms itself as a man-made structure expressed by the robust brick columns placed in front.

  一方面这座房子看起来像是景观中的自然峭壁，而另一方面，通过罗列在建筑前面的粗野的砖柱，它又强化了人造结构的印象。

• the fox went to ground under a rocky escarpment .

  狐貍鉆进了悬崖下面的洞里。

• located within drakensberg park is the giant's castle nature reserve, which gets its name from the silhouette of the peaks and escarpment that resemble the profile of a sleeping giant.

  身处于德拉肯斯堡公园，就好像是一个巨人城堡自然保护区，而这个说法得名于德拉肯斯堡公园的山峰和悬崖的轮廓酷似一个熟睡的巨人的侧面。

• down below us, where the escarpment levelled out, was a grassy field used for pasture, bounded by a line of pollarded willows.

  在我们下方，平缓延展的陡坡上是一片被用作牧场的草地，以一排截头柳树作为边界。

• but within days of making the torturously slow descent from the escarpment down to the river basin, they found evidence of rampant poaching.

  但是在随后几天从悬崖处开始如蜗牛爬行般地下行到河滩地时，他们发现了猖獗偷猎的证据。

• blue ice surface of the southern, middle and northern segments of the gale escarpment was searched during this exploration, with discovery of 41,2684 and 1721 meteorites, respectively.

  这次陨石调查主要沿阵风悬崖南段、中段、北段蓝冰区进行，在上述地区分别发现了41块、2684块、1721块陨石。

相似词

cliff(Cliff)人名；(英)克利夫

ridge成脊状