n.[C]
- 屋脊,山脊,山脈
We drove up a hillside and finally stopped on a high
ridge.
我們沿著山腰往上開,最後停在一個高高的山脊上。
- (狹長的)隆起部;(鼻)梁;田壟
vt.
- 使成脊狀;裝脊;作壟
vi.
- 成脊狀
The floor of the Atlantic
ridges in the middle from north to south.
大西洋洋底在中部形成由北向南的海脊。
衍生
辨析
n.
- a long, narrow hilltop, mountain range, or watershed.
▸the edge formed where the two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top.
- a narrow raised band on a surface.
▸a raised strip of arable land, especially one of a set separated by furrows.
- Meteorology an elongated region of high barometric pressure.
v.
[
often as adj. ridged]
mark with or form into ridges.
Derivative
Etymology
OE hrycg ‘spine, crest’, of Gmc origin.