【cliff音标】 英[klɪf] 美[klɪf]
【单词释义】 cliff是什么意思:
n.悬崖,峭壁
[单词分级] 大学英语四级词汇
[单词复数] cliffs
【cliff形近词/近似词】
skiff n.小艇;小型帆船;轻舟
tiff n.争执,拌嘴,口角
sniff v.嗅,闻;抽鼻子 n.吸气,擤鼻声,抽鼻子
miff n.微怒;无谓的争吵 v.使恼怒;恼羞成怒
tariff n.关税表;关税;价格表 vt.征收关税;定税率;定收费标准
whiff n.吸气或吹气;一股气味;臭味 v.发臭;喷出;吸气或吹气;挥空(击球未中)
stiff adj.僵硬的,不易弯曲(或活动)的;坚硬的 adv.极度地,非常 vt.诈骗;不还钱,失信 n.死尸
【单词例句】
◇ Perhaps the most spectacular feature of the Grand Canyon, its Redwall limestone cliff, stands about half way up the chasm and is practically vertical. Its average height is 550 feet --- almost exactly that of the Washington Monument.
也许,大峡谷最引人注目的风貌特色是“红墙”石灰石悬崖,它耸立在裂口半当中,几乎是垂直的。它的平均高度为550 英尺--几乎和华盛顿纪念碑一样高。
---- The Grand Canyon
◇ Then the king traveled about for nearly seven years, searching in all the stone cliffs and caves, but he did not find her, and he thought that she had perished.
于是国王找了七年,他找遍了每一个石缝、每一个山洞,但还是没有找到,他想她准是因为缺衣少食死了。
---- The Girl without Hands (II)
◇ When the devil came he found nothing but the stubble, and he angrily disappeared into a chasm in a cliff.
魔鬼又来了,见到除了残茬外,他又一无所获,气得转身就走,顺着石缝钻了进去。
---- The Peasant and the Devil
◇ He sees a little goat. The goat stands up on a steep cliff.
他看到了一只小山羊站在陡峭的悬崖上。