| 单词 | notch |
| 释义 | notch (once / 1135 pages) nv A notch is a small cut or nick in something. People make notches to keep track of things. If you've even seen a little U-shaped or V-shaped cut in something, you've seen a notch. In prison, criminals will make notches on the wall to keep track of how long they've been there. If you're stranded on a desert island, you might make notches on a tree. When you make a notch, you're notching. A notch is also part of a mountain range that is lower than the peaks around it — also called a mountain pass. WORD FAMILYnotch: notched, notches, notching+/notched: unnotched USAGE EXAMPLESEight goals were selected for a public vote with Mkhitaryan's effort - also against Sunderland, on 26 December - notching up 39.9%. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) Kansas State: The Wildcats notched their first win in a conference opener since defeating Oklahoma State in 2014. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) At first, this was just another notch in the radical belt, an endurance test for a committed militant. New York Times(Jan 12, 2012) 1n a small cut Syn|Hyper nick, snick cut, cutting the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge 2n a V-shaped indentation mandibular notch Hypo|Hyper incisura, incisure (anatomy) a notch or small hollow mandibular notchsmall indentation in the middle of the lower jawbone indentation, indenture a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline) 3n a V-shaped or U-shaped indentation carved or scratched into a surface there were four notches in the handle of his revolver Hypo|Hyper serration a single notch in a row of notches thumb indexone of a series of rounded notches in the fore edge of a book to indicate sections undercuta notch cut in the trunk of tree in order to determine the direction of its fall sawtootha serration on a saw blade indentation, indenture a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline) 4n the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper mountain pass, pass Brenner Pass an Alpine mountain pass connecting Innsbruck in Austria with Bolzano in Italy that has long been a route for trade and for invasions Cumberland Gapa pass through the Cumberland Mountains between Virginia and Kentucky that early settlers used in order to move west Donner Passa mountain pass in northeastern California near Lake Tahoe; site where in 1844 some members of an emigrant party survived by eating those who had died Khyber Passa mountain pass of great strategic and commercial value in the Hindu Kush on the border between northern Pakistan and western Afghanistan; a route by which invaders entered India col, gap a pass between mountain peaks defile, gorgea narrow pass (especially one between mountains) saddle, saddlebacka pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle) water gapa pass in a mountain ridge through which a stream flows wind gapa pass in a mountain ridge with no stream flowing through it location a point or extent in space 5v cut or make a notch into notch the rope Hypo|Hyper mark, nock, score make small marks into the surface of indentnotch the edge of or make jagged scarifyscratch the surface of scotchmake a small cut or score into scribescore a line on with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking linemark with lines recessmake a recess in incise make an incision into by carving or cutting 6v notch a surface to record something Hyper enter, put down, record make a record of; set down in permanent form |
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