scarp

英 [skɑːp]美 [skɑrp]
  • vt. 在…设内斜坡；将…辟成陡坡
  • n. 内斜坡，陡坡
GRE 畅通词汇

中文词源

scarp 陡坡，悬崖

来自意大利语 scarpa,陡坡，悬崖，来自 Proto-Germanic*skarpa,切割，锋利，来自 PIE*sker, 砍，切，词源同 shear,sharp.

英文词源

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 scræf "cave, grave"), from PIE *(s)ker- (1) "to cut" (see shear (v.)).

双语例句

1. The scarp has slopes with grades greater than 60 degrees.
这个悬崖的斜坡角度大于60度。
来自辞典例句
2. Sometimes you may not even know that you are looking at a fault scarp.
甚至有时你都不知道你正在看的恰恰就是一个断层.
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