| 单词 | ridge crest |
| 释义 | > as lemmasridge crest ridge crest n. (a) a decorative finishing that surmounts the ridge of a roof; (b) the summit of a hill, mountain, or submarine ridge. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > ridge > [noun] > crest of comba1325 edgec1400 rigging1541 ridge crest1848 ridgetop1849 chine1855 arête1862 back1863 crest-line1890 1848 Ecclesiologist 8 110 There is an elaborate ridge-crest to the chancel. 1868 R. F. Burton Let. 20 Oct. in Lett. Battle-fields Paraguay (1870) viii. 212 The flying artillery could change position about the ridge-crest. 1963 L. F. Chitty in I. L. Foster & L. Alcock Culture & Environment vii. 179 From Onibury, the general trend of the way is clear, but its actual line is partly problematical: there is no longer an extended ridge-crest to give it definition. 1977 A. Hallam Planet Earth 97/3 The mean depth below the water surface of the world's ridge crests is 2700 m (8775 ft). 2005 San Diego Union-Tribune (Nexis) 18 Sept. i21 Using a 1910 photo of the house, he replicated its original lacy ridge-crest. < as lemmas |
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