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cliff

/klɪf/ /klɪf/
  • n.
    悬崖,峭壁
  • 人名 (Cliff)(英)克利夫(人名)
复数cliffs
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词语例句

  1. 悬崖,峭壁cn.

    四级
    • The car rolled over the edge of a cliff.

      汽车翻下了悬崖边。

    • Erosion of the white cliffs along the south coast of England has always been a problem but it has become more serious in recent years.

      英格兰南部沿海白色悬崖的侵蚀一直是一个问题,但它近年来变得更严重了。

    • While experts were studying the problem, the hotel and several houses disappeared altogether, sliding down the cliff and into the sea.

      当专家们正在研究这个问题时,旅馆和几所房子从悬崖上滑下,掉进了海里,完全消失了。

  1. The car had toppled over the cliff.
    汽车从山崖上跌落下去了。
    来自《牛津词典》
  2. The cliff is gradually crumbling away.
    峭壁正在逐渐崩坍。
    来自《牛津词典》
  3. They came straggling up the cliff road.
    他们零零散散地沿着悬崖小路走上来。
    来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

相关短语

  • Red Cliff
    赤壁;赤壁完全篇;赤壁上;赤壁下
  • Visual cliff
    视崖;视觉悬崖;视觉壁;崖实验
  • Strawberry Cliff
    赎命
  • Cliff Thorburn
    克里夫·桑本;索伯恩;克里夫桑本;克里夫
  • cliff effect
    悬崖效应;峭壁效应;陡壁效应

词语扩展

n.
[地理]悬崖;绝壁
adj.
cliffy陡峭的;多悬崖的

词义分布

悬崖
63.8%
峭壁
13.8%
11.5%
山崖
5.4%
悬崖峭壁
2.3%
绝壁
1.3%
石壁
1%
0.6%
悬岩
0.4%

英英释义

  • n.a steep high face of rock
  1. n.
    a high area of land with a very steep side next to the sea
    (海边的)悬崖,峭壁
    • The car rolled over the edge of a cliff.
      汽车从悬崖边翻了下去。

词源

  • cliff悬崖
    词源同cleave,cleft.
  • cliff悬崖;峭壁
    cleave(裂开)来自指“裂开,分开”的印欧语根,其同源词都包含“裂开”的根义,如clove(劈开)、kloof(峡谷)、cleft(裂缝)等;cliff可能同源,悬崖像是被直直裂开、劈开的一样;clever(聪明的),聪明的头脑就像锋利的刀具,削铁如泥,无坚不“分”。