scarp
- IPA[skɑːp]
英式
- a very steep bank or slope; an escarpment;the inner wall of a ditch in a fortification.
- cut or erode (a slope or hillside) so that it becomes steep, perpendicular, or precipitous;provide (a ditch in a fortification) with a steep scarp and counterscarp.
verb: scarp, 3rd person present: scarps, gerund or present participle: scarping, past tense: scarped, past participle: scarped
noun: scarp, plural noun: scarps
- 釋義
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名詞
- 1. a very steep bank or slope; an escarpment the north face is a very steep scarp
- ▪ the inner wall of a ditch in a fortification.
動詞
- 1. cut or erode (a slope or hillside) so that it becomes steep, perpendicular, or precipitous the scarped edge of the central plateau
- ▪ provide (a ditch in a fortification) with a steep scarp and counterscarp.
- a slope in the land that cuts across the underlying strata, especially the steeper slope of a ...
Oxford Dictionary
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- IPA[skärp]
美式
- a very steep bank or slope; an escarpment: the north face is a very steep scarp
- cut or erode (a slope or hillside) so that it becomes steep, perpendicular, or precipitous: the scarped edge of the central plateau
Oxford American Dictionary