escarpment

noun

1. 陡坡；悬崖；峭壁
   a steep slope that separates an area of high ground from an area of lower ground

1. 悬崖；峭壁；陡坡
   An escarpment is a wide, steep slope on a hill or mountain.

1. A shelf of land extended from the escarpment.
   悬崖上凸出一块空地。
2. 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。
3. 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。
4. They were at the top of a wall, and they thundered point-blank upon the soldiers tripping over the dead and wounded and entangled in the escarpment.
   起义者在一堵高墙上很近地瞄准那些在尸体和伤兵间踉跄前进或在陡坡上跌脚绊手的士兵。
5. A house is an escarpment, a door is a refusal, a facade is a wall.
   一所房屋是一块峭壁，一扇门是一种拒绝，一座建筑物的正面是一堵墙。
6. According to the rules, the tanks must negotiate a 20 kilometre course while facing various obstacles, including a slalom section, river shallows, a steep hill, a pontoon bridge and an escarpment, and shoot a set of targets along the way.
   根据比赛规则，坦克必须通过20公里的路程，克服障碍区、浅滩、陡坡、浮桥和崖壁在内的各项障碍，并在行进过程中完成各种射击任务。
7. 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。
8. 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。
9. A steep slope or cliff; an escarpment.
   急坡，峭壁急斜坡或陡坡；悬崖峭壁。
10. Situated on the edge of the Cotswolds escarpment, above the Vale of Berkeley and the River Severn, it is a picturesque village.
    位于科茨沃尔德丘陵地带的边缘，在伯克利谷和塞文河的上游，它是一个风格独特的村庄。
11. This base is situated at the foot of a hill and beside a stream, completely take the natural escarpment, the natural landscape as the backing, the physical ability consumption is big.
    该基地依山傍水，完全以天然崖壁、自然景观为依托，体能消耗较大。
12. The face of an escarpment below the kelp forest.
    在海藻森林的下面是陡峭的悬崖。
13. This site, comprising several protected areas, is situated predominantly along the Great Escarpment on Australia's east coast.
    中东部雨林保护区由若干个受到保护的区域组成，主要分布于澳大利亚东海岸的大陡坡附近。
14. Tectonic geology and exploration in the western escarpment of Fula sub-basin, Sudan
    苏丹福拉凹陷陡坡带构造地质特征及勘探
15. 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。
16. The hotel's ingenious design will take full advantage of the site from the escarpment's highest point to capture the surrounding lake and mountain views.
    酒店设计别具一格，充分利用了得天独厚的地理位置&从陡峭悬崖的最高点俯瞰，周围的湖光山色尽收眼底。
17. The fox went to ground under a rocky escarpment.
    狐狸钻进了悬崖下面的洞里。
18. Influence to Roadbed Stabilization by loess Escarpment and How to Treatment
    黄土区陡坎对路基稳定的影响及处理方法
19. And on this base, the geological factors which control the development of the sequences and the formation mechanism of sedimentary sequences have been discussed. The sequence models include 3 types, they are escarpment pattern, flat ramp pattern and depression pattern.
    在此基础之上，探讨了控制层序发育的地质因素和沉积层序的形成机制，将研究区的层序地层模式划分为陡坡带模式、缓坡带模式和洼陷带模式三种类型。
20. Automatic anti-slipped device for escarpment railway laneway
    大坡度轨道巷自动防跑车装置

noun

1. a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification

   Synonym:    escarpscarpprotective embankment

2. a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge

   Synonym:    scarp