释义 |
ˈridgelet Also ridglet. [f. ridge n.1 + -let.] A small ridge, esp. of earth.
1778W. H. Marshall Minutes Agric. 17 Oct. 1774 Observ., Opened the potatoe-ridgelets with a plow. 1787― Norfolk I. 234 If the land lie in narrow work, the ridglets are split. 1805R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. II. 592 To plough the land into ridglets of about two feet six inches in width. 1852Dana Crust. i. 249 One of the ridgelets or rugæ extends inward. 1863― Man. Geol. 723 It should be remembered that mountains are relatively to the size of the earth but little ridgelets on its surface. |