• vt. 在…設(shè)內(nèi)斜坡；將…辟成陡坡
• n. 內(nèi)斜坡，陡坡

來(lái)自意大利語(yǔ) scarpa,陡坡，懸崖，來(lái)自 Proto-Germanic*skarpa,切割，鋒利，來(lái)自 PIE*sker, 砍，切，詞源同 shear,sharp.

scarp (n.)

"steep slope," 1580s, from Italian scarpa "slope," probably from a Germanic source, perhaps Gothic skarpo "pointed object," from Proto-Germanic *skarpa- "cutting, sharp" (cognates: Middle High German schroffe "sharp rock, crag," Old English scr?f "cave, grave"), from PIE *(s)ker- (1) "to cut" (see shear (v.)).

1. The scarp has slopes with grades greater than 60 degrees.

這個(gè)懸崖的斜坡角度大于60度。

來(lái)自辭典例句

2. Sometimes you may not even know that you are looking at a fault scarp.

甚至有時(shí)你都不知道你正在看的恰恰就是一個(gè)斷層.

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