| 单词 | wave-cut platform |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswave-cut platform wave-cut platform n. Physical Geography a flat surface at the base of sea cliffs produced by the erosive action of the waves; also called abrasion platform, shore platform, marine terrace; cf. platform n. 6. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > seashore or coast > [noun] > abrasion platform marine terrace1846 wave-cut platform1901 abrasion platform1915 1901 Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 12 212 A looped bar or ridge of gravel and sand formed on an old wave-cut platform. 1944 A. Holmes Princ. Physical Geol. xiv. 291 In appropriate circumstances some of the sediment in transit across the wave-cut platform accumulates in the deeper water beyond. 2005 B. Sweeney in J. Holden Introd. Physical Geogr. & Environment xvii. 416/1 Young coastal cliffs have in front of them narrow wave-cut platforms over which wave energy travels unimpeded. < as lemmas |
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