scarp是什么意思

scarp
英 [skɑːp]美 [skɑrp]vt. 在…设内斜坡;将…辟成陡坡n. 内斜坡,陡坡中文词源
scarp 陡坡,悬崖来自意大利语 scarpa,陡坡,悬崖,来自 Proto-Germanic*skarpa,切割,锋利,来自 PIE*sker, 砍,切,词源同 shear,sharp.
英文词源
scarp (n.)"steep slope," 1580s, from Italian scarpa "slope," probably from a Germanic source, perhaps Gothic skarpo "pointed object," from Proto-Germanic *skarpa- "cutting, sharp" (cognates: Middle High German schroffe "sharp rock, crag," Old English scræf "cave, grave"), from PIE *(s)ker- (1) "to cut" (see shear (v.)).双语例句
1. The scarp has slopes with grades greater than 60 degrees. 这个悬崖的斜坡角度大于60度。来自辞典例句
2. Sometimes you may not even know that you are looking at a fault scarp. 甚至有时你都不知道你正在看的恰恰就是一个断层.来自互联网
