precipice

precipice音标

英 [ˈpresəpɪs]

美 [ˈprɛsəpɪs]

precipice基本释义

n.断崖；绝壁；险境

precipice用法及例句

n.(名词)

绝壁

悬崖

断崖

危急的处境

灾难的边缘

峭壁

断崖边

危地

危机

岩

深渊

险境

noun

1. a very steep cliff

1. 悬崖；峭壁A precipice is a very steep cliff on a mountain.

precipice的解释

2. 险境；危*；绝境If you say that someone is on the edge of a precipice, you mean that they are in a dangerous situation in which they are extremely close to disaster or failure.

e.g. I was beginning to admit to myself that our marriage was rolling toward the edge of a precipice...我内心开始承认我们的婚姻正走向危险的边缘。e.g. The King now stands on the brink of a political precipice.国王现在处于*治上岌岌可危的境地。

1. 悬崖：悬雪 snow cornice | 悬崖 precipice | 悬崖冰川 cliff glacier

2. 断崖：preciously 昂贵地 | precipice 断崖 | precipitable 可沉淀的

3. 峭壁：precinct 区域,范围 | precipice 峭壁 | precipitation 降落,仓促

4. 崖：preciousvaluableness 贵重 | precipice 崖 | precipiceescarpmentrimrockscarp 悬崖

His precipice from goodness.

出自：P. Massinger

近义词

临近词

height高度

rock face岩壁

palisade篱笆

crag峭壁

face表面

bluff虚张声势

abyss深渊

cliff悬崖

slope倾斜

precipice cave bury

precipitate

precious

相关列句

Do not seat your love upon a precipice because it is high.(不要因为峭壁是高的，便让你的爱情悬在上面。)

DO not seat your love upon a precipice because it is high.(不要因为峭壁是高的，便把你的爱情坐在峭壁上。)

Now turned aside by an insurmountable precipice; now starting back from a deep chasm.(时而因无法攀越的峭壁而转弯，时而因深陷的断层而返回。)

The rich world does not seem to be on the precipice of deflation.(发达国家看起来不像是正立足于通货紧缩的悬崖边。)

Right now, were standing on a precipice.(此时，我们正站立在悬崖边上。)

Do not seat your love upon a precipice since it is high.(无所不能因该峭壁是高的，便让你的情感坐在峭壁上。)

The intestines of Paris form a precipice. Like the prophet, he was in the belly of the monster.(①古代认为先知住在魔鬼的肚中。)

Woods of light and tender trees all were sweeping into the east, sweeping over the horizon and a precipice.(轻盈柔嫩的树木都向东方蔓延，蔓延到过地平线和一个边缘。)

The hut hung half over the edge of the precipice.(那间小屋有一半悬在峭壁边上。)

Thee film opens with a shot of a climber dangling from a precipice.(电影开始时是一个登山者悬在峭壁上的镜头。)