| 单词 | cliff |
| 释义 | cliff (once / 188 pages) n A cliff is a steep and often sheer rock face. If you stand on the edge of a cliff and peer over, you'll be able to see the waves crashing on the rocks below. But if you don't watch your step, you could fall right off that cliff. So many action movies feature a scene in which a car chase leads to a car full of villains plunging spectacularly off a steep rock wall, or cliff. As the car hurtles over the edge of the cliff and smashes onto the rocks below, it invariably explodes in a shower of flames and a cloud of smoke. WORD FAMILYcliff: cliffs USAGE EXAMPLESSaturday’s collapse set off large waves that eroded part of the older sea cliff and lava viewing area. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Native Americans used the land to hunt buffalo by guiding them over a sandstone cliff. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Their bodies were discovered at Langdon Cliffs on Sunday during a search for another man, whose body was also found. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) n a steep high face of rock he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town Syn|Hypo|Hyper drop, drop-off crag a steep rugged rock or cliff precipicea very steep cliff formation, geological formation (geology) the geological features of the earth |
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