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单词 precipice
释义 precipice
 —precipiced,  adj.  
 /pres"euh pis/,  n.  
  1. a cliff with a vertical, nearly vertical, or overhanging face.
  2. a situation of great peril: on the precipice of war.
 [1590-1600; < MF < L praecipitium steep place, equiv. to praecipit- (s. of praeceps) steep, headlong (prae- PRE- + -cipit-, comb.form of caput head; see CAPUT) + -ium -IUM]
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