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单词 cliff
释义
cliff
noun[C]
uk
/klɪf/us
/klɪf/
B1
a highareaofrockwith a verysteepside, often on acoast:
（常指海岸的）悬崖，峭壁
Keep away from theedgeof the cliff - you mightfall.离悬崖边远一点——会掉下去的。
the cliffedge峭壁边缘
picture of cliff
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More examples
  • Theybuiltahouseat thefootof a cliff.
  • Thecarskiddedandplungedheadlongover the cliff.
  • Sandcarriedby thewindhas hollowed out thebaseof the cliff.
  • Come away from that cliffedge! You're giving me thejitters!
  • Haroldjumpedout of thecarjust before it went over the cliff.
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Idiom

fall off a cliff
(Definition ofclifffrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

cliff| American Dictionary

cliff
noun[C]
us
/klɪf/
a highareaofrockwith asteepside, often on acoast
(Definition ofclifffrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcliff

cliff
The lithostratigraphy of the cores has been precisely correlated with the nearbycliffsection, which has also been examined and re-described.
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Distinct layers of firn were observed to the south, where the ice cap ends in a smallcliffof 19 m in height.
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This may be why many of them have taken to nesting on more or less sheer cliffs, which the bears cannot climb up.
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These hedge in the entire sea, so that no opening can be seen anywhere; they are higher than lofty mountains and resemble steep, overhanging cliffs.
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A fitnesscliffmodel could potentially explain the core dilemma of psychiatric genetics.
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The limestone bands weather proud incliffexposures.
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It is worth noting that the appearance of an overhangingcliffis easily achieved by only a small change in the second temperature profile.
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His wife brought his body halfway up acliff.
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I'd rather keep running to the end and then jump off thecliff.
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The deer runs towards acliff, stops, tips his head and the boy falls into a pond.
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Along theclifftops, the main vegetation type is grassland.
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While they were sleeping, after the lamps were extinguished, the raven started dancing and jumping on the iglus and on thecliff.
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The icecliffitself nowhere showed any stepped formation.
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The location was spectacular, with the performers on top of, or half-way up, acliffwhich drops to a lagoon.
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The performance took place along aclifftop which dropped to a lagoon protected from the ocean by a thick sand dune.
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Collocationswithcliff

cliff

These are words often used in combination withcliff.

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chalk cliff
A chalk cliff face at the back of the cove slows further erosion.
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cliff dwellings
Moving in from dispersed farmsteads into community centers at pueblos canyon heads or cliff dwellings on canyon shelves.
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cliff face
Several mosaics were acquired of theclifffacefrom a distance of about 300 m, and the computer automatically determined the three most interesting points in each mosaic.
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