英语词汇“escarpment”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	escarpment
释义	Trends of escarpment View usage for: escarpment (ɪskɑːʳpmənt) Word forms: plural escarpments countable noun An escarpment is a wide, steep slope on a hill or mountain. escarpment in British English (ɪˈskɑːpmənt) noun 1. a. the long continuous steep face of a ridge or plateau formed by erosion; scarp b. any steep slope, such as one resulting from faulting 2. a steep artificial slope immediately in front of the rampart of a fortified place escarpment in American English (ɛˈskɑrpmənt) noun 1. a steep slope or cliff formed by erosion or, less often, by faulting 2. ground formed into a steep slope on the exterior of a fortification scarp Word origin Fr escarpement < escarpe: see escarp Examples of 'escarpment' in a sentence escarpment Soon the clouds would begin to mass over the escarpment, heavy with moisture gathered from a distant sea. Ian St James Awards AT THE STROKE OF TWELVE (2001) And then I made the fatal mistake of adding, "We've been hauling the fill all the way out to the edge of the escarpment. Elizabeth Peters LORD OF THE SILENT (2001)
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Trends ofescarpment