declivity

英 [dɪ'klɪvɪtɪ]美 [dɪ'klɪvəti]

n. 下坡；倾斜

助记提示

1、de- "down" + cliv- + -ity.

英文词源

declivity (n.)

1610s, from French déclivité, from Latin declivitatem (nominative declivitas) "a slope, declivity," from declivis "a sloping downward," from de- "down" (see de-) + clivus "a slope," from PIE *klei-wo-, suffixed form of *klei "to lean" (see lean (v.)).

双语例句

1. I looked frontage straightly , going declivity one by one.

我两眼直视前方,一路下坡又下坡.

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2. He had rolled down a declivity of twelve or fifteen feet.

他是从十二尺或十五尺高的地方滚下来的.

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