| 单词 | to scarp away, down |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto scarp away, down transitive. To cut to a steep face, to slope; also to scarp away, down; = escarp v. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > incline [verb (transitive)] > place in a sloping position > make with a slope battera1398 slope1715 escarp1728 ramp1766 scarp1803 1803 Duke of Wellington Let. 15 Dec. in Dispatches (1837) II. 584 The rock is scarped on each side. 1807 G. Chalmers Caledonia I. i. iv. 157 The top of the bank..was artfully scarped away, to augment the strength of the defences. 1829 W. Scott Anne of Geierstein I. iii. 73 The elevation of the site..was on this side a steep eminence, which had been scarped like a modern glacis, to render the building more secure. 1865 A. Geikie Scenery & Geol. Scotl. iii. 66 The result has been..to scarp the coasts of the Shetlands into the most rugged and fantastic cliffs. 1894 Ld. Wolseley Life Marlborough II. 173 The rock on which this fort stands was scarped towards the city. 1905 H. R. Haggard in Windsor Mag. Jan. 244 The rock upon one side of it had often been scarped by the hand of man. < as lemmas |
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