| 单词 | beachy head |
| 释义 | Beachy HeadBeach·y HeadB0131000 (bē′chē)Beachy Head(ˈbiːtʃɪ)Beachy HeadBeachy Head,high chalk cliffs (575 ft/175 m), on the south coast of East Sussex, S England. The battle of Beachy Head, in the War of the Grand Alliance, was fought (1690) between an Anglo-Dutch fleet under the earl of Torrington and the French fleet under the comte de Tourville. Although the French won, they failed to exploit their victory over the damaged opponent to deal a decisive blow to Anglo-Dutch seapower. Torrington, meanwhile, was court-martialed for retreating but, arguing that his action prevented an invasion, was acquitted.Beachy HeadBeachy HeadBeachy HeadA chalk cliff west of Eastbourne, East Sussex, UK, which is the highest such cliff in Britain, with a vertical drop of 162 m (530 feet), making it the world’s third most popular suicide landmark, behind only the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, CA, and the Aokigahara forest, Mount Fuji, Japan, not far behind. |
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