单词 | ridge |
释义 | ridge n. & v. --n   1. the line of the junction of two surfaces sloping upwards towards each other (the ridge of a roof).   2. a long narrow hilltop, mountain range, or watershed.   3. any narrow elevation across a surface.   4. Meteorol. an elongated region of high barometric pressure.   5. Agriculture a raised strip of arable land, usu. one of a set separated by furrows.   6. Hort. a raised hotbed for melons etc. --v   1. tr. mark with ridges.   2. tr. Agriculture break up (land) into ridges.   3. tr. Hort. plant (cucumbers etc.) in ridges.   4. tr. & intr. gather into ridges. Phrases and idioms ridge-piece (or -tree) a beam along the ridge of a roof. ridge-pole   1. the horizontal pole of a long tent.   2. = ridge-piece. ridge-tile a tile used in making a roof-ridge. Derivatives ridgy adj. Etymology: OE hrycg f. Gmc |
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