| 单词 | precipice-edge |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprecipice-edge C1. General attributive (in sense 2), as precipice-edge, precipice side, etc. ΚΠ 1799 S. Murray Descr. Part Scotl. x, in Compan. Scotl., Lakes & Craven 293 The road is but just sufficiently wide for a carriage, and no fence whatever on the precipice side of it. 1845 L. S. Costello Falls, Lakes, & Mountains N. Wales ix. 188 This route is called the Precipice Walk..in many places the path is narrow and rather dangerous. 1898 G. Meredith Odes French Hist. 85 The patience clasped, totters hard on the precipice-edge. 1989 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 3 Sept. e6/1 On the narrow track up the mountain..you will probably have to back down to a spot wide enough to pass. Decline to take the precipice side. 1999 Esquire July 25 The Precipice Knot, used by mountaineers to retrieve a secured rope by climbing solo. < as lemmas |
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