英语词汇“berm”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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berm in British English

or berme (bɜːm)

noun

a narrow path or ledge at the edge of a slope, road, or canal

2. New Zealand

the grass verge of a suburban street, usually kept mown

3. fortifications

a narrow path or ledge between a moat and a rampart

4. military

a man-made ridge of sand, designed as an obstacle to tanks, which, in crossing it, have to expose their vulnerable underparts

Word origin

C18: from French berme, from Dutch berm, probably from Old Norse barmr brim

berm in American English

(bɜːrm)

noun

1. Also: berme Fortifications

a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat

2. Also called: bench

any level strip of ground at the summit or sides, or along the base, of a slope

3. Also called: backshore, beach berm

a nearly flat back portion of a beach, formed of material deposited by the action of the waves

4. (chiefly in Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia)

the bank of a canal or the shoulder of a road

5. chiefly Alaska

a mound of snow or dirt, as formed when clearing land

a bank of earth placed against an exterior wall or walls of a house or other buildingas protection against extremes of temperature

transitive verb

to cover or protect with a berm

The side walls were bermed to a height of three feet

Word origin

[1720–30; ‹ F berme ‹ D berm; akin to brim1]

berm in the Oil and Gas Industry

(bɜrm)

Word forms: (regular plural) berms

noun

(Extractive engineering: Downstream facilities, Terminals)

A berm is a wall or barrier to separate off an area.

The company had failed to build a berm, or low wall, around a group of oil storage tanks, which is required to contain anyoil spills.

Oil can be contained in a specified area by constructing a berm around it.

A berm is a wall or barrier to separate off an area.

Examples of 'berm' in a sentence
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She made herself more comfortable, settling her rump on the berm of an irrigation channel, facing Luis.

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释义	Trends of berm View usage for: berm in British English or berme (bɜːm) noun 1. a narrow path or ledge at the edge of a slope, road, or canal 2. New Zealand the grass verge of a suburban street, usually kept mown 3. fortifications a narrow path or ledge between a moat and a rampart 4. military a man-made ridge of sand, designed as an obstacle to tanks, which, in crossing it, have to expose their vulnerable underparts Word origin C18: from French berme, from Dutch berm, probably from Old Norse barmr brim berm in American English (bɜːrm) noun 1. Also: berme Fortifications a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat 2. Also called: bench any level strip of ground at the summit or sides, or along the base, of a slope 3. Also called: backshore, beach berm a nearly flat back portion of a beach, formed of material deposited by the action of the waves 4. (chiefly in Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia) the bank of a canal or the shoulder of a road 5. chiefly Alaska a mound of snow or dirt, as formed when clearing land 6. a bank of earth placed against an exterior wall or walls of a house or other buildingas protection against extremes of temperature transitive verb 7. to cover or protect with a berm The side walls were bermed to a height of three feet Word origin [1720–30; ‹ F berme ‹ D berm; akin to brim1] berm in the Oil and Gas Industry (bɜrm) Word forms: (regular plural) berms noun (Extractive engineering: Downstream facilities, Terminals) A berm is a wall or barrier to separate off an area. The company had failed to build a berm, or low wall, around a group of oil storage tanks, which is required to contain anyoil spills. Oil can be contained in a specified area by constructing a berm around it. A berm is a wall or barrier to separate off an area. Examples of 'berm' in a sentence berm She made herself more comfortable, settling her rump on the berm of an irrigation channel, facing Luis. Ursula K. Le Guin THE BIRTHDAY OF THE WORLD (2002)
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berm in British English

berm in American English

berm in the Oil and Gas Industry

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