“undercliff”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

undercliff

释义

ˈundercliff
[under-¹ 5 b or under-².]
1. A terrace or lower cliff formed from landslips caused by the action of rain and sea.
[1781Worsley Isle of Wight 211 The country below this range of cliffs, is called, by the inhabitants, Under Cliff, or Under Way.]1829Phillips Geol. Yorks. 89 A very extensive slip of the superior heights, forming an ‘undercliff’.1865J. H. Bennet Winter Medit. (ed. 3) i. iv. 60 A small amphitheatre, formed on the coast-line or undercliff of the mountains of southern Europe.1880Daily Tel. 23 Sept., The gradual movements along the undercliffs in the Isle of Wight.
2. (See quot. and next.)
1883Gresley Gloss. Coal-m. 267 Undercliff, argillaceous shale forming the floor of many coal seams in this coal-field.

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