| 单词 | ridge |
| 释义 | Related topics: Geography, Nature, Geologyridge /rɪdʒ/ ●○○ noun [countable] 1 SGa long area of high land, especially at the top of a mountain 山脊 We made our way carefully along the ridge. 我们沿着山脊小心前行。 →4 See picture on 见图 Page A4 Country 乡间2 a) DNsomething long and thin that is raised above the things around it 脊；垄；棱纹 A small ridge of sand separated the field from the beach. 一条小小的沙脊把田野和海滩分隔开来。 The ridges on the soles give the shoes a better grip. 鞋底上的棱纹可以更好地防滑。 b) the part at the top of a roof, where the two sides meet 屋脊3. ridge of high pressure technicalHEM a long area of high air pressure in the atmosphere, which has an effect on the weather 高压脊Examples from the Corpusridge• Over to the right is rough dune land, a big area before you top a ridge of shingle.• Cycles of freezing and thawing caused an ice ridge to build up.• They came out onto a sand ridge that curved away toward the rocks.• A helicopter shot across the ridges overhead and disappeared into the adjoining canyon.• Stephen looked down at the ridge of grass along the centre of the track where the cart wheels had not pressed.• The sun disappeared behind the ridge.• From the ridge, the light seemed to cover all the slope below, drowsy and still.• Dove would not move his eyes off the ridge of white wash.• Rotting guavas and fruit flies that hover around them are also prevalent on the ridge route.• He lives in that house that Daddy designed, up on the ridge, on Jellison Road.• My fingers traced the ridges and folds of his hand.Origin ridge Old English hrycgridge nounChinese at long of especially a land, Corpus high the area |
| 随便看 |
英汉双解词典包含236457条英汉翻译词条，涵盖了常用英语单词及词组短语的翻译及用法，是英语学习的必备工具。