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

crag

/kraɡ

noun

1A steep or rugged cliff or rock face.The rolling, gentle hills of the borderland of Northern Ireland transform on the turn of a bend into rugged, exposed crags....

Nest sites include crags or ledges on cliffs, scrapes on the ground, or hollows of trees.
He floats for two days and when he nears the land all he can see are violent crags and cliffs.

Synonyms

cliff, bluff, ridge, precipice, rock face, overhang;

height, peak, tor, pinnacle;

promontory, headland;

bank, slope, escarpment, scarp

rare eminence

2 [mass noun] Geology A shelly sandstone occurring in eastern England.

Origin

Middle English: of Celtic origin. sense 2, dating from the mid 18th century, may have been a different word originally.

单词	crag
释义	crag /kraɡ / noun 1A steep or rugged cliff or rock face.The rolling, gentle hills of the borderland of Northern Ireland transform on the turn of a bend into rugged, exposed crags.... Nest sites include crags or ledges on cliffs, scrapes on the ground, or hollows of trees. He floats for two days and when he nears the land all he can see are violent crags and cliffs. Synonyms cliff, bluff, ridge, precipice, rock face, overhang; height, peak, tor, pinnacle; promontory, headland; bank, slope, escarpment, scarp rare eminence 2 [mass noun] Geology A shelly sandstone occurring in eastern England. Origin Middle English: of Celtic origin. sense 2, dating from the mid 18th century, may have been a different word originally. Rhymes bag, blag, brag, Bragg, dag, drag, flag, gag, hag, jag, lag, mag, nag, quag, rag, sag, scrag, slag, snag, sprag, stag, swag, tag, wag, zag
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