| 词汇 | escarpment |
| 释义 | escarpment noun[ C ] uk /ɪˈskɑːp.mənt/ us /esˈkɑːrp.mənt/ a steep slope or cliff, such as one that marks the edge of a range of hills陡坡;悬崖;峭壁 yvonnestewarthenderson/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Geography: hills & mountains acclivity alpine tundra clifftop craggy esker highlands hillock Marilyn mesa mid-ocean ridge motte Mount Kilimanjaro pike scarp slope spur steep the Adirondack Mountains the Alaska Range the Alps A flight of steps cut in the hillside led up to a ledge running out from an escarpment which was something above sixty feet high before giving off into the slope of the mountain. Again, if we look to any one line of cliff or escarpment, neither its summit-edge nor its base is horizontal. Between the escarpments of the second highest terrace the average width is about four or five miles. From the wooded heights of the Hampshire border to that grand headland where the hills find their march arrested by the sea, the escarpment of the Downs is sixty miles long and every mile is beautiful. Nevertheless, when I scaled a high escarpment, I could see no volcanoes within a radius of several miles. escarpment | American Dictionaryescarpment noun[ C ] us/ɪˈskɑrp·mənt/ earth science a long, high area of continuous rock that has one steep side Examples of escarpmentescarpment At the base of the escarpment, about 100 km inland, the elevation is about 20 - 40 m above sea level. The parameter estimate suggests that daily mortality in the escarpment increased by 8% after the onset of spraying. The book contains a few mildly interesting sections on erosion and mountain building, peneplains and escarpments, and tectonic controls on drainage patterns. It extends all along the southwestern coastal escarpment, but no attempt was made to perform age determinations on this material. The rock basement is represented by escarpments, where deep faults allow water to seep to depth, become heated and then circulate. Behind the main settlement, the land rises dramatically to a limestone escarpment and plateau between 350 and 500 m above sea level. The park area at the foot of the escarpment consists of various lacustrine terraces and alluvial fans. A steep escarpment encloses the low-lying basin to the west and south, providing a barrier for movement and vistas in those directions. Both fly density and index of clustering decreased towards the north and away from the escarpment towards the east (figs 5a, 5d, 4a and 4b). A constant 8% daily mortality was assumed in the escarpment. Ground spraying of the escarpment appears to have played an important part in reducing re-invasion from that quarter. A separate series of simulations was carried out (results not shown) where no mortality was imposed in the escarpment. This area lies atop an escarpment rising 100 m above the alluvial plain to the east. The horst, a steep-sided escarpment, the crest of which has been transformed through weathering into tall, conical hills and deep depressions, falls sharply to the lagoon's southern border. This window opens the bedroom to the early morning sun, as well as surveying the entrance drive in the foreground and commanding a view of the gritstone escarpment. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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