Definition of precipice in English:

precipice

noun ˈprɛsɪpɪsˈprɛsəpəs

A very steep rock face or cliff, especially a tall one.
悬崖，峭壁
we swerved toward the edge of the precipice
我们猛地拐向悬崖边。
Example sentencesExamples
- She followed the sound of her voice until she suddenly found herself on the edge of a steep precipice.
- That duty is even more urgent when the council is edging towards a financial precipice.
- It is too late to pull the rein when the horse is on the edge of the precipice.
- If the two don't speak to each other, the world edges closer to the precipice of total war.
- I am standing on the edge of a precipice and ready to go over the edge - but there is nothing to catch my fall.
- The route, almost continuous Z-bends on the edge of precipices, is one few drivers are willing to risk.
- We, descendants of human suffering, are living in a fine mansion at the edge of a precipice.
- There are also cliffs and precipices to be negotiated.
- But, after teetering at the edge of the precipice, he woke up one morning feeling miraculously restored.
- We stand on the edge of a precipice, staring into the void.
- A series of tragedies forced them to fight the three by-elections that brought them to the political precipice.
- Get lost in the mist on a peak such as Tryfan and you can easily stray over the edge of a precipice.
- We stand upon the edge of a precipice, the fall from which we will not return.
- Fancy yourself in a car which you do not know how to steer and cannot stop, with an inexhaustible supply of petrol in the tank, rushing along at fifty miles an hour on an island strewn with rocks and bounded by cliff precipices!
- We were all financially scrambling on the edge of a precipice.
- Living on the edge of precipices, it will raise skeletons high into the sky, dash them onto the rocks, and then extract the marrow with its curved beak.
- I had found sublimity and wonder in the dread heights and precipices, in the roaring torrents, and the wastes of ice and snow; but as yet, they had taught me nothing else.
- We seem to teeter on the edge of the precipice, but get pulled back by the seat of our pants.
- She once told me that, as a creative, you want to walk up to the edge of the precipice and look over, but make sure you don't fall off.
- The metaphors vary but the message is the same: the debt bubble is about to burst, we are on the edge of a debt precipice, we are addicted to debt.
Synonyms
cliff face, steep cliff, rock face, sheer drop, cliff, crag, bluff, height, escarpment, scarp, escarp, scar
Scottish linn
South African krantz
literary steep

Origin

Late 16th century (denoting a headlong fall): from French précipice or Latin praecipitium 'abrupt descent', from praeceps, praecip(it)- 'steep, headlong'.

The original meaning of precipice was ‘a headlong fall’. It was not long, though, before precipice was being used in its modern sense, describing a steep cliff or mountainside. The ultimate source is Latin praeceps ‘steep or headlong’, also the origin of precipitation (early 17th century) which originally meant the action of falling or throwing down, rather than rainfall or snow.

Definition of precipice in US English:

precipice

nounˈprɛsəpəsˈpresəpəs

A very steep rock face or cliff, especially a tall one.
悬崖，峭壁
we swerved toward the edge of the precipice
我们猛地拐向悬崖边。
figurative the country was teetering on the precipice of political anarchy
Example sentencesExamples
- The route, almost continuous Z-bends on the edge of precipices, is one few drivers are willing to risk.
- Fancy yourself in a car which you do not know how to steer and cannot stop, with an inexhaustible supply of petrol in the tank, rushing along at fifty miles an hour on an island strewn with rocks and bounded by cliff precipices!
- She once told me that, as a creative, you want to walk up to the edge of the precipice and look over, but make sure you don't fall off.
- A series of tragedies forced them to fight the three by-elections that brought them to the political precipice.
- There are also cliffs and precipices to be negotiated.
- I am standing on the edge of a precipice and ready to go over the edge - but there is nothing to catch my fall.
- She followed the sound of her voice until she suddenly found herself on the edge of a steep precipice.
- We seem to teeter on the edge of the precipice, but get pulled back by the seat of our pants.
- But, after teetering at the edge of the precipice, he woke up one morning feeling miraculously restored.
- Living on the edge of precipices, it will raise skeletons high into the sky, dash them onto the rocks, and then extract the marrow with its curved beak.
- It is too late to pull the rein when the horse is on the edge of the precipice.
- If the two don't speak to each other, the world edges closer to the precipice of total war.
- I had found sublimity and wonder in the dread heights and precipices, in the roaring torrents, and the wastes of ice and snow; but as yet, they had taught me nothing else.
- We, descendants of human suffering, are living in a fine mansion at the edge of a precipice.
- We stand on the edge of a precipice, staring into the void.
- We were all financially scrambling on the edge of a precipice.
- Get lost in the mist on a peak such as Tryfan and you can easily stray over the edge of a precipice.
- The metaphors vary but the message is the same: the debt bubble is about to burst, we are on the edge of a debt precipice, we are addicted to debt.
- We stand upon the edge of a precipice, the fall from which we will not return.
- That duty is even more urgent when the council is edging towards a financial precipice.
Synonyms
cliff face, steep cliff, rock face, sheer drop, cliff, crag, bluff, height, escarpment, scarp, escarp, scar

Origin

Late 16th century (denoting a headlong fall): from French précipice or Latin praecipitium ‘abrupt descent’, from praeceps, praecip(it)- ‘steep, headlong’.

单词	precipice
释义	Definition of precipice in English: precipice noun ˈprɛsɪpɪsˈprɛsəpəs A very steep rock face or cliff, especially a tall one. 悬崖，峭壁 we swerved toward the edge of the precipice 我们猛地拐向悬崖边。 Example sentencesExamples She followed the sound of her voice until she suddenly found herself on the edge of a steep precipice. That duty is even more urgent when the council is edging towards a financial precipice. It is too late to pull the rein when the horse is on the edge of the precipice. If the two don't speak to each other, the world edges closer to the precipice of total war. I am standing on the edge of a precipice and ready to go over the edge - but there is nothing to catch my fall. The route, almost continuous Z-bends on the edge of precipices, is one few drivers are willing to risk. We, descendants of human suffering, are living in a fine mansion at the edge of a precipice. There are also cliffs and precipices to be negotiated. But, after teetering at the edge of the precipice, he woke up one morning feeling miraculously restored. We stand on the edge of a precipice, staring into the void. A series of tragedies forced them to fight the three by-elections that brought them to the political precipice. Get lost in the mist on a peak such as Tryfan and you can easily stray over the edge of a precipice. We stand upon the edge of a precipice, the fall from which we will not return. Fancy yourself in a car which you do not know how to steer and cannot stop, with an inexhaustible supply of petrol in the tank, rushing along at fifty miles an hour on an island strewn with rocks and bounded by cliff precipices! We were all financially scrambling on the edge of a precipice. Living on the edge of precipices, it will raise skeletons high into the sky, dash them onto the rocks, and then extract the marrow with its curved beak. I had found sublimity and wonder in the dread heights and precipices, in the roaring torrents, and the wastes of ice and snow; but as yet, they had taught me nothing else. We seem to teeter on the edge of the precipice, but get pulled back by the seat of our pants. She once told me that, as a creative, you want to walk up to the edge of the precipice and look over, but make sure you don't fall off. The metaphors vary but the message is the same: the debt bubble is about to burst, we are on the edge of a debt precipice, we are addicted to debt. Synonyms cliff face, steep cliff, rock face, sheer drop, cliff, crag, bluff, height, escarpment, scarp, escarp, scar Scottish linn South African krantz literary steep Origin Late 16th century (denoting a headlong fall): from French précipice or Latin praecipitium 'abrupt descent', from praeceps, praecip(it)- 'steep, headlong'. The original meaning of precipice was ‘a headlong fall’. It was not long, though, before precipice was being used in its modern sense, describing a steep cliff or mountainside. The ultimate source is Latin praeceps ‘steep or headlong’, also the origin of precipitation (early 17th century) which originally meant the action of falling or throwing down, rather than rainfall or snow. Definition of precipice in US English: precipice nounˈprɛsəpəsˈpresəpəs A very steep rock face or cliff, especially a tall one. 悬崖，峭壁 we swerved toward the edge of the precipice 我们猛地拐向悬崖边。 figurative the country was teetering on the precipice of political anarchy Example sentencesExamples The route, almost continuous Z-bends on the edge of precipices, is one few drivers are willing to risk. Fancy yourself in a car which you do not know how to steer and cannot stop, with an inexhaustible supply of petrol in the tank, rushing along at fifty miles an hour on an island strewn with rocks and bounded by cliff precipices! She once told me that, as a creative, you want to walk up to the edge of the precipice and look over, but make sure you don't fall off. A series of tragedies forced them to fight the three by-elections that brought them to the political precipice. There are also cliffs and precipices to be negotiated. I am standing on the edge of a precipice and ready to go over the edge - but there is nothing to catch my fall. She followed the sound of her voice until she suddenly found herself on the edge of a steep precipice. We seem to teeter on the edge of the precipice, but get pulled back by the seat of our pants. But, after teetering at the edge of the precipice, he woke up one morning feeling miraculously restored. Living on the edge of precipices, it will raise skeletons high into the sky, dash them onto the rocks, and then extract the marrow with its curved beak. It is too late to pull the rein when the horse is on the edge of the precipice. If the two don't speak to each other, the world edges closer to the precipice of total war. I had found sublimity and wonder in the dread heights and precipices, in the roaring torrents, and the wastes of ice and snow; but as yet, they had taught me nothing else. We, descendants of human suffering, are living in a fine mansion at the edge of a precipice. We stand on the edge of a precipice, staring into the void. We were all financially scrambling on the edge of a precipice. Get lost in the mist on a peak such as Tryfan and you can easily stray over the edge of a precipice. The metaphors vary but the message is the same: the debt bubble is about to burst, we are on the edge of a debt precipice, we are addicted to debt. We stand upon the edge of a precipice, the fall from which we will not return. That duty is even more urgent when the council is edging towards a financial precipice. Synonyms cliff face, steep cliff, rock face, sheer drop, cliff, crag, bluff, height, escarpment, scarp, escarp, scar Origin Late 16th century (denoting a headlong fall): from French précipice or Latin praecipitium ‘abrupt descent’, from praeceps, praecip(it)- ‘steep, headlong’.
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