喜樂美語
  1. 1nB1/klɪf/懸崖；峭壁

    A large piece of rock, or the side of a mountain, that goes down almost straight instead of . Cliffs are often at the edge of the sea or a river.

    示範例句 · Example

    From the top of the cliff we could see the whole bay below us.

    逐字從那座懸崖的頂端，我們可以看見我們下方的整個海灣。

    cliff 的畫面可以想成「土地立起來的那一面」——不是可以慢慢走上去的斜坡，而是幾乎直直落下的岩壁。因為它是一面牆，英文講到 cliff 幾乎都會配上它的三個部位：the top of the cliff（頂端）、the edge of the cliff（崖邊）、the foot of the cliff（崖底）。它不一定在海邊：河邊、山裡的陡岩壁一樣叫 cliff。中文常說四個字「懸崖峭壁」，英文就這一個字。

    常見搭配

    • the edge of a cliff

      懸崖邊

      the line at the top where the rock drops away

      Keep away from the edge of the cliff and hold your sister's hand.

    • the top of a cliff

      崖頂

      the flat land at the highest part of a cliff

      There is a bench at the top of the cliff where people sit and watch the boats.

    • the foot of a cliff

      崖底

      the ground at the very bottom of a cliff

      We fell asleep listening to the waves at the foot of the cliff.

    • a steep cliff

      陡峭的懸崖

      a cliff whose side goes down very sharply

      A steep cliff stood between the beach and the road above.

    • a cliff path

      沿著懸崖的步道

      a walking path that follows the top of a cliff

      The cliff path takes about an hour and the views are worth it.

    • cliffs rise above something

      懸崖高聳於某物之上

      the cliffs stand high over the thing below

      Grey cliffs rise above the little fishing village.

    意思相近

    precipicecragbluffrock faceescarpment

core核心畫面

Think of rock that has been cut away rather than : instead of the ground going down gently so you could walk it, the land simply stops and drops almost straight. Stand at the top and one more step is empty air. Cliffs usually stand where the sea or a river has eaten the land away.

可以想成一塊「被切掉」的岩石：地面不是慢慢斜下去讓你可以走，而是走著走著突然中斷，幾乎垂直往下掉。站在上面再往前一步就是空的。這個畫面的重點在那個「陡到近乎直」的角度——所以海邊被浪啃出來的岩壁、河谷兩側的石壁、山的那一面峭壁都算；一般可以慢慢爬上去的山坡就不算。

容易混在一起的字在訂閱裡。容易混在一起的字需要訂閱帳號。

複數 cliffs

意思相近

precipicecragbluffrock faceescarpment

原始詞典資料10 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Cliffname

  • 1

    A diminutive of the male given name Clifford or Clifton.

  • 2

    A surname.

  • 3

    An unincorporated community and coal town in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States.

  • 4

    A census-designated place in Grant County, New Mexico, United States.

  • 5

    A hamlet in North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2198).

  • 6

    A neighbourhood, The Cliff, in the Metropolitan Borough of Salford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8201).

  • 7

    A small settlement on the Isle of Lewis, Western Isles council area, Scotland, appearing on OS maps as Cliobh (OS grid ref NB0835).

cliffnoun詞源 1/klɪf/

  • 1

    A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face.

    • , scar
  • 2

    A point beyond which something abruptly fails or decreases in value, performance, etc.

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