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单词 rimrock
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Definition of rimrock in English:

rimrock

noun ˈrɪmrɒkˈrimräk
mass nounNorth American
  • An outcrop of resistant rock forming a margin to a gravel deposit, especially one forming a cliff at the edge of a plateau.

    archetypal cowboy terrain—tableland, rimrock, canyons
    as modifier a gap in the plateau's rimrock cliffs
    count noun they stopped for lunch on a rimrock overlooking a stream
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Wildlife inhabits the rimrock, and golden eagles soar above.
    • The sun was just coming up over the rimrock as I stepped from my room at the Longhorn Palace Saloon and Hotel onto the upstairs balcony.
    • Dominant features of the refuge include freshwater marshes, lakes, meadows, alkali flats, rimrocks, and sagebrush and juniper uplands.
    • As the mountains pushed up, the river cut deep canyons, the rimrock of which shows 400 million years of erosion.
    • As the trio neared the top of the ridge, they found their way blocked by a wall of rimrock.
    • The ranch's riding trails head off through open forest toward the Marble Mountain foothills or along rimrock canyon edges with bracing views of Fraser River and the Chilcotin area.
 
 

Definition of rimrock in US English:

rimrock

nounˈrimräk
North American
  • An outcrop of resistant rock forming a margin to a gravel deposit, especially one forming a cliff at the edge of a plateau.

    archetypal cowboy terrain—tableland, rimrock, canyons
    as modifier a gap in the plateau's rimrock cliffs
    count noun they stopped for lunch on a rimrock overlooking a stream
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Dominant features of the refuge include freshwater marshes, lakes, meadows, alkali flats, rimrocks, and sagebrush and juniper uplands.
    • Wildlife inhabits the rimrock, and golden eagles soar above.
    • The ranch's riding trails head off through open forest toward the Marble Mountain foothills or along rimrock canyon edges with bracing views of Fraser River and the Chilcotin area.
    • The sun was just coming up over the rimrock as I stepped from my room at the Longhorn Palace Saloon and Hotel onto the upstairs balcony.
    • As the mountains pushed up, the river cut deep canyons, the rimrock of which shows 400 million years of erosion.
    • As the trio neared the top of the ridge, they found their way blocked by a wall of rimrock.
 
 
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