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单词 escarpment
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escarpment

noun
/ɪˈskɑːpmənt/
/ɪˈskɑːrpmənt/
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  1. a steep slope that separates an area of high ground from an area of lower ground
    • The clay lowlands are flanked by steep chalk escarpments.
    Word Originearly 19th cent.: from French escarpement, escarpe ‘scarp, a very steep slope’, from Italian scarpa ‘slope’. Compare with scarp.
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