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

• The sea erodes the shore and cliffs of the coast in part by this process.
  海洋部分地通过这一过程侵蚀着海岸的峭壁。
• 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。
• ( 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。
• Soon we were near the island. I could see the beaches and the cliffs. The boat slowed down.
  不久我们就离这个岛近了。我能看到海滩和峭壁了。船慢了下来。
• Here another rugged castle crowns the cliffs and crags.
  这里又有一座高低不平的城堡建在悬崖绝壁之上。
• 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。
• The cliffs were estimated to be crumbling into the sea at the rate of 10ft an hour.
  预计那处悬崖会以每小时10英尺的速度坍塌坠入大海。
• The sea washes the base of the cliffs.
  海水冲击悬崖的底部。
• 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。
• There is a strip of sand between the cliffs and the sea.
  峭壁和大海之间有块狭长的沙地。