| 单词 | crest-line |
| 释义 | > as lemmascrest-line crest-line n. (a) a series of ridges; (b) the sky-line of a ridge (cf. 7a). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > ridge > [noun] > series of crest-line1890 the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > ridge > [noun] > crest of comba1325 edgec1400 rigging1541 ridge crest1848 ridgetop1849 chine1855 arête1862 back1863 crest-line1890 1890 F. D. Lugard Diary (1959) I. ii. 96 The house..does not run parallel with the crest line, so..I am bound to make the Stockade skew-wise a bit. 1901 ‘Linesman’ Words by Eyewitness (1902) 49 From the encircling rim are darting innumerable spurts of flame..from the rifles of the men clinging like flies to the crest-line. 1915 Blackwood's Mag. Jan. 9/2 Hardly had we rejoined the battalion, which was formed up behind a second crest-line.., when a tremendous shell fire began to fall. < as lemmas |
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