| 单词 | berm |
| 释义 | berm (once / 27487 pages) n A berm is a raised strip of ground that runs along the side of a road or a body of water. You might stand on the berm by a lake with your fishing pole as you bait your hook. A berm is any stretch of grass or land that forms a kind of shelf above or along a river, train tracks, or highway. Some berms are a natural feature of the landscape, while others are man made. A berm can form a barrier between two spaces, and when the word is used in a military context it means a defensive wall of sorts. It comes from an Old Dutch root, baerm, "edge of a dike." WORD FAMILYberm: berms USAGE EXAMPLESA fifteen-foot-tall turf-covered earthwork berm, it happens to be identical in height and construction to the original westernmost portion of Hadrian’s Wall. The New Yorker(Dec 11, 2016) A giant circle featuring that logo on a mat sits on a grass berm near Exit 9 on the Adirondack Northway. New York Times(Nov 30, 2016) Residents here are proud of the berm: It is a symbol of their determination to fix their own problems without help from the government. New York Times(Nov 29, 2016) 1n a narrow ledge or shelf typically at the top or bottom of a slope Hyper ledge, shelf a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water 2n a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road Syn|Hypo|Hyper shoulder hard shoulder a paved strip beside a motorway (for stopping in emergencies) edge the outside limit of an object or area or surface; a place farthest away from the center of something |
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