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。
• They saw further cliffs masked by dense woods.
  他们看到了连绵不断的悬崖峭壁，映掩在茂密的树木之中。
• The sea washes the base of the cliffs.
  海水冲击悬崖的底部。
• Tailless macaque of rocky cliffs and forests of northwestern Africa and Gibraltar.
  非洲西北部和直布罗陀的多岩绝壁及森林中的无尾猕猴。
• 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。
• So he climbed down the cliffs, undressed on the beach and jumped into the sea.
  他从山崖上下去，到海滩上脱掉衣服跳进海水里。
• She glanced up at the dark clouds above the cliffs.
  她抬头看了一眼悬崖上方的乌云。
• Behind the habitations, the sandstone cliffs rose abruptly to the north and west.
  在居住区后面，北边和西边陡然高耸着砂岩悬崖。
• ( 3) Probably not a harbour, but open coast with cliffs and a beach.
  多半不是港口，而是有海滩和峭壁的开阔海岸。
• She knew she was near the shore because the light was high up on the cliffs.
  她知道自己已经接近岸边了，因为那灯光是在高高的峭壁上。