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crags

UK //kræɡz//US //kræɡz//

词源

源自古斯堪的纳维亚语 'kragr'(颈部、喉部),后引申指陡峭地形,可能与岩石的突出形状类似喉结有关。

noun

❶ 指陡峭、崎岖的岩石或山崖,通常形容地形险峻、难以攀爬的自然地貌特征。

“The climbers carefully navigated the jagged crags of the mountain.”

(登山者们小心翼翼地攀越山间嶙峋的峭壁。)

“Seabirds nested in the sheltered crevices of the coastal crags.”

(海鸟在海岸峭壁的隐蔽裂缝中筑巢。)

同义词:cliffs, bluffs, escarpments, precipices, rockfaces

常见短语

sea crags — 特指被海水侵蚀形成的海岸峭壁,常见于多风浪的沿海地区。

“The lighthouse stood sentinel atop the weather-beaten sea crags.”

(灯塔像哨兵般矗立在饱经风霜的海岸峭壁之巅。)