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

　

单词	cliff
释义	Trends of cliff View usage for: cliff (klɪf) Word forms: plural cliffs countable noun A cliff is a high area of land with a very steep side, especially one next to the sea. The car rolled over the edge of a cliff. Synonyms: rock face, overhang, crag, precipice More Synonyms of cliff cliff in British English (klɪf) noun a steep high rock face, esp one that runs along the seashore and has the strata exposed Derived forms cliffy (ˈcliffy) adjective Word origin Old English clif; related to Old Norse kleif, Middle Low German klēf, Dutch klif; see cleave2 cliff in American English (klɪf) noun a high, steep face of rock, esp. one on a coast; precipice Derived forms cliffy (ˈcliffy) adjective Word origin ME & OE clif < IE gleibh-, to adhere, be attached < base glei- (see clay): basic sense prob. “slippery, smooth rock” Image of cliff © Barbora Vysmekova, Shutterstock Examples of 'cliff' in a sentence cliff America is still flirting with the edge of its fiscal cliff. Times, Sunday Times (2013) You cling to a cliff face longer without ropes. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Worse was on offer in the caves high in the cliffs above the building. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Then he dives off the edge of the cliff into the sea. Times, Sunday Times (2011) There are many more on sea cliffs in the northeast of the country. Times, Sunday Times (2013) To the left rose a cliff of rock. Aldiss, Brian Somewhere East of Life (1994) The caves that give it its name stretch up to half a kilometre into steep cliffs. The Sun (2009) On either side the cliffs rose sheer for a thousand feet. Philip Marsden The Barefoot Emperor: An Ethiopian Tragedy (2007) The cliff face across the bay burned orange. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Or avoid the crowds by taking a taxi to the south coast and walking the high cliffs. Times, Sunday Times (2007) The cliff edge was crumbling and it was a long drop down. The Sun (2008) Strong winds have built up large shelves of snow hanging off cliffs and steep mountain sides. Times, Sunday Times (2015) He was clinging on to the edge of the cliff. Times, Sunday Times (2014) It is unspoilt and sits below steep cliffs. The Sun (2015) This track passed along the left side of a cliff with the right side exposed to the east. Stewart, Bob (Lt-Col) Broken Lives (1993) The cliffs stand high over a river horribly diminished as the dry season flows towards its dramatic climax. Times, Sunday Times (2010) After weeks of shutdown, chimps were facing their own fiscal cliff. Times, Sunday Times (2013) There are an amazing 1,400 cliff face routes to climb on the coastline. The Sun (2013) As for the likelihood of a plunge off yet another fiscal cliff, a more realistic appraisal is that this is unlikely. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Most of these infants did not crawl out on the cliff side, but were quite willing to crawl out on the shallow side. Bee, Helen The Developing Child (7th edn.) (1995) The only other people I saw were crazy fishermen dangling their lines over sheer cliffs to the sea below. The Sun (2014) There's an amazing pool at this four-bedroom villa set on a cliff with gorgeous sea views. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Seen in this context, walking off the fiscal cliff is not so much a death wish as an act of national self-preservation. Times, Sunday Times (2012) In other languages cliff British English: cliff /klɪf/ NOUN A cliff is a high area of land with a very steep side, especially one next to the sea. ...the edge of the cliff. American English: cliff Arabic: جُرْف Brazilian Portuguese: penhasco Chinese: 悬崖 Croatian: litica Czech: útes Danish: klippe Dutch: klif European Spanish: precipicio Finnish: kalliojyrkänne French: falaise German: Klippe Greek: γκρεμός Italian: scogliera Japanese: 崖 Korean: 낭떠러지 Norwegian: klippe Polish: urwisko European Portuguese: penhasco Romanian: stâncă Russian: скала Latin American Spanish: precipicio Swedish: klippa berg Thai: หน้าผา Turkish: kayalık Ukrainian: скеля Vietnamese: vách đá All related terms of 'cliff' cliff face the vertical face of a cliff glass cliff a situation in which a member of a minority or disadvantaged group is promoted to a position of authority in circumstances that make it very difficult for him or her to succeed cliff-dweller a member of a prehistoric people of the southwestern US who built shelters on the ledges of cliffs or in caves cliff swallow an American swallow , Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, that has a square-tipped tail and builds nests of mud on cliffs , walls , etc fiscal cliff A fiscal cliff is a situation in which sudden changes in government spending and tax have a big and sudden effect on a country's economy. clifftop A clifftop is the area of land around the top of a cliff. cliffhanger A cliffhanger is a situation or part of a play or film that is very exciting or frightening because you are left for a long time not knowing what will happen next . Chinese translation of 'cliff' cliff (klɪf) n (c) 悬(懸)崖 (xuányá) (个(個), gè) (noun) in the sense of rock face Definition a steep rock face, esp. along the seashore The car rolled over the edge of a cliff. Synonyms rock face overhang crag The castle sits on a rocky crag above the town. precipice The path had sheer rock on one side and a precipice on the other. escarpment scarp face scar bluff a high bluff over the Congaree River related words related mania cremnomania Additional synonyms in the sense of bluff Definition a steep promontory, bank, or cliff a high bluff over the Congaree River Synonyms precipice, bank, peak, cliff, ridge, crag, escarpment, promontory, scarp in the sense of crag Definition a steep rugged rock or peak The castle sits on a rocky crag above the town. Synonyms rock, peak, bluff, pinnacle, tor, aiguille in the sense of precipice Definition the very steep face of a cliff The path had sheer rock on one side and a precipice on the other. Synonyms cliff, crag, rock face, cliff face, height, brink, bluff, sheer drop, steep cliff, scarp Synonyms of 'cliff' cliff Explore 'cliff' in the dictionary
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