scarp
英 [skɑ?p]
美[skɑrp]
- vt. 在…設內斜坡；將…辟成陡坡
- n. 內斜坡，陡坡
GRE暢通詞匯
中文詞源
scarp 陡坡，懸崖
來自意大利語 scarpa,陡坡，懸崖，來自 Proto-Germanic*skarpa,切割，鋒利，來自 PIE*sker, 砍，切，詞源同 shear,sharp.
英文詞源
- 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 scr?f "cave, grave"), from PIE *(s)ker- (1) "to cut" (see shear (v.)).
雙語例句
- 1. The scarp has slopes with grades greater than 60 degrees.
- 這個懸崖的斜坡角度大于60度。
來自辭典例句
- 2. Sometimes you may not even know that you are looking at a fault scarp.
- 甚至有時你都不知道你正在看的恰恰就是一個斷層.
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