escarpment [ɪˈskɑ:rpmənt]

例句:

• The truck was trundling along the escarpment of the Zambesi valley.
  卡车沿着赞比西山谷的绝壁缓缓行进。
  
• A shelf of land extended from the escarpment.
  悬崖上凸出一块空地。
  
• A thin, resistant limestone escarpment is present just basinward.
  薄层状的坚硬的石灰岩山崖正好位于靠盆地一侧.
  
• What about the Niagara Escarpment or the Laurentian Mountains?
  来自SA
• Half an hour before sundown, a towering escarpment came into view.
  来自NEWYORKER
• Shadows fell over the rugged escarpment in the distance as the afternoon wore on.
  来自SA