ridge

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n. 脊, 山脊, 山脉 [医] 嵴, 脊, 棱线

发音

UK /ɹɪd͡ʒ/
US /ɹɪd͡ʒ/

词形变化

ridges 复数 ridges ridged ridges 三单 ridging ridging 现在分词 ridged 过去式 ridged 过去分词

别名

rig

释义与例句

n. B2
  1. 1.

    The back of any animal; especially the upper or projecting part of the back of a quadruped.

    背脊

    医学
  2. 2.

    Any extended protuberance; a projecting line or strip.

    垄

    The plough threw up ridges of earth between the furrows.

  3. 3.

    The line along which two sloping surfaces meet which diverge towards the ground.

    脊

    mountain ridge

  4. 4.

    The highest point on a roof, represented by a horizontal line where two roof areas intersect, running the length of the area.

    屋脊

  5. 5.

    The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way.

    政治 军事
  6. 6.

    A chain of mountains.

    山脊

  7. 7.

    A chain of hills.

    山脊

  8. 8.

    A long narrow elevation on an ocean bottom.

    洋脊

  9. 9.

    An elongated region of high atmospheric pressure.

    气象
v.
  1. 1.

    To form into a ridge.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To extend in ridges.

    不及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

ridgeline ridgepole rooftree

上位词 7

process beam formation elevation appendage convexity outgrowth

下位词 10

bar bank shelf reef ledge horseback dune arete corrugation esker

整体词 3

gable roof saddleback saddle roof
动词

上位词 10

turn throw cover continue form shape extend loft spade plow

相关短语

ridge course ridge vent ridge vents ridge beam ridge beams ridge courses ridge rope un. 栏杆扶手索 [网络] 天遮索；小艇舷侧栏杆顶围绳 ridge ropes ridge plough ridge ploughs ridge harrow ridge harrows ridge pole ridge push

词源

From Middle English rigge, rygge, (also rig, ryg, rug), from Old English hryċġ (“back, spine, ridge, elevated surface”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrugi, from Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz (“back”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krewk-, *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with Scots rig (“back, spine, ridge”), North Frisian reg (“back”), West Frisian rêch (“back”), Dutch rug (“back, ridge”), German Rücken (“back, ridge”), Swedish rygg (“back, spine, ridge”), Icelandic hryggur (“spine”). Cognate to Albanian kërrus (“to bend one's back”) and kurriz (“back”).

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