cliffs

英 [klɪfs]

美 [klɪfs]

n.  (常指海洋边的)悬崖，峭壁
cliff的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (尤指靠海的)悬崖，峭壁
  Acliffis a high area of land with a very steep side, especially one next to the sea.
  1. The car rolled over the edge of a cliff.
     汽车从悬崖边上滚下去了。

双语例句

• Scarborough Council commissioned geological experts earlier this year to survey the cliffs.
  斯卡伯勒市政会在今年早些时候委托地质专家对这些悬崖进行勘测。
• Crimson-and-gray songbird that inhabits town walls and mountain cliffs of southern Eurasia and northern Africa.
  欧亚大陆南部及非洲北部的寄居在城市的墙壁和山脉的悬崖上的红色和灰色歌鸟。
• The man and his son Mark had abseiled down the sheer cliffs.
  这个男人和他的儿子马克曾沿绳索爬下过这些陡峭的悬崖。
• The Battle of the Red Cliffs determined the triangular balance of power of the three kingdoms, Wei, Shu and Wu.
  赤壁之战决定了魏、蜀、吴三国鼎足之势。
• The cliffs were estimated to be crumbling into the sea at the rate of 10ft an hour.
  预计那处悬崖会以每小时10英尺的速度坍塌坠入大海。
• It takes courage and strength to scale these cliffs.
  攀登这些悬崖需要勇气和力量。
• The sea erodes the shore and cliffs of the coast in part by this process.
  海洋部分地通过这一过程侵蚀着海岸的峭壁。
• Here another rugged castle crowns the cliffs and crags.
  这里又有一座高低不平的城堡建在悬崖绝壁之上。
• Soon we were near the island. I could see the beaches and the cliffs. The boat slowed down.
  不久我们就离这个岛近了。我能看到海滩和峭壁了。船慢了下来。
• There is a strip of sand between the cliffs and the sea.
  峭壁和大海之间有块狭长的沙地。