scarp 音标拼音: [sk'ɑrp]
n . 悬崖
vt . 使成陡坡
悬崖使成陡坡
scarp n 1 :
a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge ;
usually formed by erosion [
synonym : {
escarpment },
{
scarp }]
2 :
a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification [
synonym :
{
escarpment }, {
escarp }, {
scarp }, {
protective embankment }]
Scarp \
Scarp \,
n . [
OF .
escharpe .
See 2d {
Scarf }.] (
Her .)
A band in the same position as the bend sinister ,
but only half as broad as the latter .
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1913 Webster ]
Scarp \
Scarp \,
n . [
Aphetic form of {
Escarp }.]
1 . (
Fort .)
The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet ;
the escarp .
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2 .
A steep descent or declivity .
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Scarp \
Scarp \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Scarped };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Scarping }.]
To cut down perpendicularly ,
or nearly so ;
as ,
to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock .
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From scarped cliff and quarried stone . --
Tennyson .
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Sweep ruins from the scarped mountain . --
Emerson .
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Escarp \
Es *
carp "\,
n . [
F .
escarpe (
cf .
Sp .
escarpa ,
It .
scarpa ),
fr .
escarper to cut steep ,
cut to a slope ,
prob .
of German origin :
cf .
G .
scharf sharp ,,
E .
sharp ,
or perh .
scrape .]
(
Fort .)
The side of the ditch next the parapet ; --
same as {
scarp },
and opposed to {
counterscarp }.
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1913 Webster ]
88 Moby Thesaurus words for "
scarp ":
abatis ,
advanced work ,
balistraria ,
bank ,
banquette ,
barbed -
wire entanglement ,
barbican ,
barricade ,
barrier ,
bartizan ,
bastion ,
battlement ,
bevel ,
bezel ,
bluff ,
breastwork ,
bulwark ,
casemate ,
cheval -
de -
frise ,
chute ,
circumvallation ,
cliff ,
contravallation ,
counterscarp ,
crag ,
curtain ,
demibastion ,
dike ,
drawbridge ,
earthwork ,
easy slope ,
enclosure ,
entanglement ,
escarp ,
escarpment ,
face ,
fence ,
fieldwork ,
fleam ,
fortalice ,
fortification ,
gentle slope ,
glacis ,
grade ,
gradient ,
hanging gardens ,
helicline ,
hillside ,
inclination ,
incline ,
inclined plane ,
launching ramp ,
loophole ,
lunette ,
machicolation ,
mantelet ,
merlon ,
mound ,
outwork ,
palisade ,
palisades ,
parados ,
parapet ,
pitch ,
portcullis ,
postern gate ,
precipice ,
ramp ,
rampart ,
ravelin ,
redan ,
redoubt ,
sally port ,
scar ,
sconce ,
shelving beach ,
side ,
slope ,
steep ,
steep slope ,
stiff climb ,
stockade ,
talus ,
tenaille ,
vallation ,
vallum ,
wall ,
work
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