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precipice

音標['presipis] 讀音

漢語翻譯


n. 懸崖, 絕壁, 險境

英文解釋:

名詞 precipice:

  1. a very steep cliff

例句:

  1. Do not seat your love upon a precipice because it is high.
    不要因為峭壁是高的,便讓你的愛情坐在峭壁上。
  2. In 1939 everyone felt Europe was on the edge of the precipice.
    在1939年,當時人人都感到歐洲處於極度危險境地

詳細解釋:


prec.i.pice

n.(名詞)
An overhanging or extremely steep mass of rock, such as a crag or the face of a cliff.
懸崖:懸崖或極其陡峭的岩石,如岩崖或懸崖壁
The brink of a dangerous or disastrous situation:
瀕危點:一危險或災難性情況的邊緣:
例句:
on the precipice of defeat.
處於失敗的邊緣

來源:
French précipice
法文 précipice
from Latin praecipitium
源自 拉丁語 praecipitium
from praeceps praecipit- [headlong] * see precipitate
源自 praeceps praecipit- [頭向前地(的)] *參見 precipitate

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