scree

英 [skriː] 美 [skri]
  • n. 小石子;岩屑堆;崩落;筛

中文词源


scree 碎石堆,岩屑

词源不确定,可能最终来自 PIE*sker,砍,切,削,词源同 scrap,share,shard.引申词义碎石堆, 岩屑等。

英文词源


scree (n.)
"pile of debris at the base of a cliff," 1781, back-formation from screes (plural) "pebbles, small stones," from Old Norse skriða "landslide," from skriða "to creep, crawl;" of a ship, "to sail, glide," also "to slide" (on snow-shoes), from Proto-Germanic *skrithanan (cognates: Old English scriþan "to go, glide," Old Saxon skridan, Dutch schrijden, Old High German scritan, German schreiten "to stride").

双语例句


1. Occasionally scree fell in a shower of dust and noise.
偶尔会有碎石滚下,扬起大团尘土,噼啪作响。

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2. He scrambled sideways down the scree slope.
他沿着碎石坡的一侧爬了下来。

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3. Scree and grit was under my feet, and made some sounds.
卵石和砂砾在我脚下咯咯作响.

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4. A farmer comes turn up the soil, scree is thrown a driveway.
一个农民来翻地, 小石子被扔回马路.

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5. Black ice: Old ice that was exposed to extremely cold temperatures, scree, and snowfall.
意思是: 是暴露在伴有积雪 、 碎石并在极低的温度下形成的“老冰”(冻了非常旧而没有融化的冰).

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