| 单词 | promontory |
| 释义 | promontory (prɒməntri , US -tɔːri ) Word forms: promontories countable noun A promontory is a cliff that stretches out into the sea. ...a promontory jutting out into the bay. Synonyms: point, cape, head, spur Collocations: rocky promontory I clambered up a rocky promontory, cavorted about a bit, slipped and fell into the lake. Times, Sunday Times There, again, any conventional garden would have looked absurd on the treeless, sheepshorn, windswept ramparts of the rocky promontory on which the castle stands. Times, Sunday Times It's when you climb out of the sea onto the sand, or perhaps onto that rocky promontory over there, and waggle your flippers to provide forward propulsion on land. Times, Sunday Times No doubt when the oil runs out, the rocky promontory will be colonised by a new elite. Times, Sunday Times It sits on a rocky promontory with a couple of other properties, and there are steps down from the pool, through the garden, to the cove immediately beneath. Times, Sunday Times |
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