| 单词 | rock wall |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrock wall rock wall n. (a) a wall or vertical surface made of rock, esp. a rock face; (b) North American a stone fence. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > cliff > [noun] cliffOE cleoa1300 cleevec1300 rochec1300 clougha1400 heugha1400 brackc1530 clift1567 perpendicular1604 precipice1607 precipe1615 precipit1623 abrupt1624 scar1673 bluff1687 rock wall1755 krantz1785 linn1799 scarp1802 scaur1805 escarpment1815 rock face1820 escarp1856 hag1868 glint1906 scarping1909 stone-cliff1912 ledra1942 the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > wall > stone wall stonewallc825 boulder-walls1728 flint-wall1728 rock wall1755 rock fence1838 stone fence1844 1755 T. Amory Mem. Ladies 459 The black rock-walls of this spacious chamber, Mrs. Harcourt covered over. 1862 H. W. Pierson Jefferson at Monticello 113 When I was there, the President's house was surrounded with a high rock wall, and there was an iron gate immediately in front of it. 1894 Times 29 June 3/3 The Rev. J. Sanger Davies is an enthusiastic mountaineer with a particular fancy for Dolomite peaks and for rock-walls. 1954 J. R. R. Tolkien Two Towers iii. iv. 73 At the far end the rock-wall was sheer. 1997 W. Dalrymple From Holy Mountain (1998) v. 301 Eventually we came to a small chapel backing onto the rock wall. < as lemmas |
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