ridge

noun · verbA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

ridgesrig

1.
(anatomy) The back of any animal; especially the upper or projecting part of the back of a quadruped.
2.
Any extended protuberance; a projecting line or strip.
The plough threw up ridges of earth between the furrows.
3.
The line along which two sloping surfaces meet which diverge towards the ground.
mountain ridge
4.
The highest point on a roof, represented by a horizontal line where two roof areas intersect, running the length of the area.
5.
(fortifications) The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way.
6.
A chain of mountains.
7.
A chain of hills.
8.
(oceanography) A long narrow elevation on an ocean bottom.
9.
(meteorology) An elongated region of high atmospheric pressure.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

ridges

V_ing/Gerund

ridging

V_ed/pp

ridgedrig

1.
(transitive)To form into a ridge.
2.
(intransitive)To extend in ridges.

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Trái nghĩa

groove trough

Cùng gốc / liên quan

Rhodesian Ridgebackcrest

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English rigge, rygge, (also rig, ryg, rug), from Old English hryċġ (back, spine, ridge, elevated surface), from *hrugi, from Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz (back), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krewk-, *(s)ker- (to turn, bend).