Definition of scarp in English:

scarp

noun skɑːpskɑrp

1A very steep bank or slope; an escarpment.
崖岸；陡坡；悬崖
the north face is a very steep scarp
Example sentencesExamples
- Along these scarps, the earth stood between nine and twenty-one feet higher on one side than on the other.
- He developed a hypothesis for their formation called pediplanation in which slopes retreat parallel, leaving behind a series of generally flat surfaces separated by scarps.
- I even discovered a humble cave, blasted into the scarp overlooking the sea.
- He has taken over a pub a mile away from the Tontine in the recusant village of Osmotherley, high on the scarp of the moors.
- The eastward-facing horseshoe-shaped scarps of South Soufriere Hills volcano pose an unresolved problem.
- The survey also revealed other visible evidence of the earthquake, including clearly developed scarps and cracks where the faults pass beneath glaciers.
- The house, built around three sides of a courtyard and landscaped into a slope, looks out towards the Cotswold scarp.
- The park has its origins in the early 1870s when a 175-hectare tract of land on the scarp overlooking the fledgling colonial settlement of Perth was designated as future public garden and parkland.
- The slopes are very steep in places, forming scarps.
- Between the gap and the mountain was a wild and broken terrain of scarp and gorge.
- The 16 of us - 13 scientists, a two-man Colombian television crew, and our driver from the observatory, Carlos Estrada - moved to the lip of the scarp.
- In this arid climate evaporites form; alluvial fans lie at the base of footwall scarps and carbonate reefs grow.
- On the long, steep scarp between the iron age hillfort above and ploughed fields below are white signs carved into the turf.
- These scarps have evidently been produced by toe-cutting by axial Big Lost River channels.
- In the east it commonly terminates against a prominent fault scarp.
- South of the valley the land rises onto the irregular low scarp of the Castlereagh Hills and rarely exceeds a height of 150m.
- The two men - both suffering minor burns, one with a broken hand - had made it to the top of the scarp.
- The fault structure was veneered by lava which was produced by the peripheral magma reservoirs and flowed down the scarp and into the lower central caldera.
- We rode up the Sinai scarp by the pilgrim's granite-hewn road with its gradient of one in three and a half.
- Any flank uplift would have shown the scarp to be significantly higher than a mid-valley outlier.
Synonyms
hill, hillside, hillock, bank, rise, escarpment
1. 1.1 The inner wall of a ditch in a fortification.
  （壕沟的）内削壁。比较COUNTERSCARP
  Compare with counterscarp
  Example sentencesExamples
  More than 300 meters in diameter, Qala-i Jangi was of the style known as Vaubanian - built with moats, ramparts, scarps and counterscarps and parapets.
  The look-out openings on the parapet and even the gun-holes that honeycomb the scarp, serve as ventilators.
  Additional mines were used to destroy the palisades of the covered passage and the supporting walls of the counterscarp or scarp, thus facilitating entry into the fortress.

verb skɑːpskɑrp

[with object]

1Cut or erode (a slope or hillside) so that it becomes steep, perpendicular, or precipitous.
（经切削或腐蚀）使成陡坡（或悬崖）
the scarped edge of the central plateau
Example sentencesExamples
- A scarped windward slope is the aspect most characteristic of coastal dunes.
- The picturesque old town, situated on the summit of a scarped hill, lies northwest of Reims and northeast of Paris.
Synonyms
precipitous, sheer, abrupt, sharp, perpendicular, vertical, bluff, vertiginous, dizzy
1. 1.1 Provide (a ditch in a fortification) with a steep scarp and counterscarp.
  为（壕沟）筑斜坡
  Example sentencesExamples
  Outside this second circuit the natural slope has again been scarped to create a steep fall of about 10 m., at the bottom of which is a third, rather less substantial, rampart.

Origin

Late 16th century (with reference to fortification): from Italian scarpa.

Rhymes

Arp, carp, harp, sharp, tarp

Definition of scarp in US English:

scarp

nounskärpskɑrp

1A very steep bank or slope; an escarpment.
崖岸；陡坡；悬崖
the north face is a very steep scarp
Example sentencesExamples
- On the long, steep scarp between the iron age hillfort above and ploughed fields below are white signs carved into the turf.
- In this arid climate evaporites form; alluvial fans lie at the base of footwall scarps and carbonate reefs grow.
- I even discovered a humble cave, blasted into the scarp overlooking the sea.
- We rode up the Sinai scarp by the pilgrim's granite-hewn road with its gradient of one in three and a half.
- The house, built around three sides of a courtyard and landscaped into a slope, looks out towards the Cotswold scarp.
- The eastward-facing horseshoe-shaped scarps of South Soufriere Hills volcano pose an unresolved problem.
- The park has its origins in the early 1870s when a 175-hectare tract of land on the scarp overlooking the fledgling colonial settlement of Perth was designated as future public garden and parkland.
- The fault structure was veneered by lava which was produced by the peripheral magma reservoirs and flowed down the scarp and into the lower central caldera.
- The survey also revealed other visible evidence of the earthquake, including clearly developed scarps and cracks where the faults pass beneath glaciers.
- Along these scarps, the earth stood between nine and twenty-one feet higher on one side than on the other.
- The slopes are very steep in places, forming scarps.
- Between the gap and the mountain was a wild and broken terrain of scarp and gorge.
- These scarps have evidently been produced by toe-cutting by axial Big Lost River channels.
- The two men - both suffering minor burns, one with a broken hand - had made it to the top of the scarp.
- He developed a hypothesis for their formation called pediplanation in which slopes retreat parallel, leaving behind a series of generally flat surfaces separated by scarps.
- He has taken over a pub a mile away from the Tontine in the recusant village of Osmotherley, high on the scarp of the moors.
- In the east it commonly terminates against a prominent fault scarp.
- The 16 of us - 13 scientists, a two-man Colombian television crew, and our driver from the observatory, Carlos Estrada - moved to the lip of the scarp.
- South of the valley the land rises onto the irregular low scarp of the Castlereagh Hills and rarely exceeds a height of 150m.
- Any flank uplift would have shown the scarp to be significantly higher than a mid-valley outlier.
Synonyms
hill, hillside, hillock, bank, rise, escarpment
1. 1.1 The inner wall of a ditch in a fortification.
  （壕沟的）内削壁。比较COUNTERSCARP
  Compare with counterscarp
  Example sentencesExamples
  Additional mines were used to destroy the palisades of the covered passage and the supporting walls of the counterscarp or scarp, thus facilitating entry into the fortress.
  The look-out openings on the parapet and even the gun-holes that honeycomb the scarp, serve as ventilators.
  More than 300 meters in diameter, Qala-i Jangi was of the style known as Vaubanian - built with moats, ramparts, scarps and counterscarps and parapets.

verbskärpskɑrp

[with object]

1Cut or erode (a slope or hillside) so that it becomes steep, perpendicular, or precipitous.
（经切削或腐蚀）使成陡坡（或悬崖）
the scarped edge of the central plateau
Example sentencesExamples
- The picturesque old town, situated on the summit of a scarped hill, lies northwest of Reims and northeast of Paris.
- A scarped windward slope is the aspect most characteristic of coastal dunes.
Synonyms
precipitous, sheer, abrupt, sharp, perpendicular, vertical, bluff, vertiginous, dizzy
1. 1.1 Provide (a ditch in a fortification) with a steep scarp and counterscarp.
  为（壕沟）筑斜坡
  Example sentencesExamples
  Outside this second circuit the natural slope has again been scarped to create a steep fall of about 10 m., at the bottom of which is a third, rather less substantial, rampart.

Origin

Late 16th century (with reference to fortification): from Italian scarpa.

单词	scarp
释义	Definition of scarp in English: scarp noun skɑːpskɑrp 1A very steep bank or slope; an escarpment. 崖岸；陡坡；悬崖 the north face is a very steep scarp Example sentencesExamples Along these scarps, the earth stood between nine and twenty-one feet higher on one side than on the other. He developed a hypothesis for their formation called pediplanation in which slopes retreat parallel, leaving behind a series of generally flat surfaces separated by scarps. I even discovered a humble cave, blasted into the scarp overlooking the sea. He has taken over a pub a mile away from the Tontine in the recusant village of Osmotherley, high on the scarp of the moors. The eastward-facing horseshoe-shaped scarps of South Soufriere Hills volcano pose an unresolved problem. The survey also revealed other visible evidence of the earthquake, including clearly developed scarps and cracks where the faults pass beneath glaciers. The house, built around three sides of a courtyard and landscaped into a slope, looks out towards the Cotswold scarp. The park has its origins in the early 1870s when a 175-hectare tract of land on the scarp overlooking the fledgling colonial settlement of Perth was designated as future public garden and parkland. The slopes are very steep in places, forming scarps. Between the gap and the mountain was a wild and broken terrain of scarp and gorge. The 16 of us - 13 scientists, a two-man Colombian television crew, and our driver from the observatory, Carlos Estrada - moved to the lip of the scarp. In this arid climate evaporites form; alluvial fans lie at the base of footwall scarps and carbonate reefs grow. On the long, steep scarp between the iron age hillfort above and ploughed fields below are white signs carved into the turf. These scarps have evidently been produced by toe-cutting by axial Big Lost River channels. In the east it commonly terminates against a prominent fault scarp. South of the valley the land rises onto the irregular low scarp of the Castlereagh Hills and rarely exceeds a height of 150m. The two men - both suffering minor burns, one with a broken hand - had made it to the top of the scarp. The fault structure was veneered by lava which was produced by the peripheral magma reservoirs and flowed down the scarp and into the lower central caldera. We rode up the Sinai scarp by the pilgrim's granite-hewn road with its gradient of one in three and a half. Any flank uplift would have shown the scarp to be significantly higher than a mid-valley outlier. Synonyms hill, hillside, hillock, bank, rise, escarpment 1.1 The inner wall of a ditch in a fortification. （壕沟的）内削壁。比较COUNTERSCARP Compare with counterscarp Example sentencesExamples More than 300 meters in diameter, Qala-i Jangi was of the style known as Vaubanian - built with moats, ramparts, scarps and counterscarps and parapets. The look-out openings on the parapet and even the gun-holes that honeycomb the scarp, serve as ventilators. Additional mines were used to destroy the palisades of the covered passage and the supporting walls of the counterscarp or scarp, thus facilitating entry into the fortress. verb skɑːpskɑrp [with object] 1Cut or erode (a slope or hillside) so that it becomes steep, perpendicular, or precipitous. （经切削或腐蚀）使成陡坡（或悬崖） the scarped edge of the central plateau Example sentencesExamples A scarped windward slope is the aspect most characteristic of coastal dunes. The picturesque old town, situated on the summit of a scarped hill, lies northwest of Reims and northeast of Paris. Synonyms precipitous, sheer, abrupt, sharp, perpendicular, vertical, bluff, vertiginous, dizzy 1.1 Provide (a ditch in a fortification) with a steep scarp and counterscarp. 为（壕沟）筑斜坡 Example sentencesExamples Outside this second circuit the natural slope has again been scarped to create a steep fall of about 10 m., at the bottom of which is a third, rather less substantial, rampart. Origin Late 16th century (with reference to fortification): from Italian scarpa. Rhymes Arp, carp, harp, sharp, tarp Definition of scarp in US English: scarp nounskärpskɑrp 1A very steep bank or slope; an escarpment. 崖岸；陡坡；悬崖 the north face is a very steep scarp Example sentencesExamples On the long, steep scarp between the iron age hillfort above and ploughed fields below are white signs carved into the turf. In this arid climate evaporites form; alluvial fans lie at the base of footwall scarps and carbonate reefs grow. I even discovered a humble cave, blasted into the scarp overlooking the sea. We rode up the Sinai scarp by the pilgrim's granite-hewn road with its gradient of one in three and a half. The house, built around three sides of a courtyard and landscaped into a slope, looks out towards the Cotswold scarp. The eastward-facing horseshoe-shaped scarps of South Soufriere Hills volcano pose an unresolved problem. The park has its origins in the early 1870s when a 175-hectare tract of land on the scarp overlooking the fledgling colonial settlement of Perth was designated as future public garden and parkland. The fault structure was veneered by lava which was produced by the peripheral magma reservoirs and flowed down the scarp and into the lower central caldera. The survey also revealed other visible evidence of the earthquake, including clearly developed scarps and cracks where the faults pass beneath glaciers. Along these scarps, the earth stood between nine and twenty-one feet higher on one side than on the other. The slopes are very steep in places, forming scarps. Between the gap and the mountain was a wild and broken terrain of scarp and gorge. These scarps have evidently been produced by toe-cutting by axial Big Lost River channels. The two men - both suffering minor burns, one with a broken hand - had made it to the top of the scarp. He developed a hypothesis for their formation called pediplanation in which slopes retreat parallel, leaving behind a series of generally flat surfaces separated by scarps. He has taken over a pub a mile away from the Tontine in the recusant village of Osmotherley, high on the scarp of the moors. In the east it commonly terminates against a prominent fault scarp. The 16 of us - 13 scientists, a two-man Colombian television crew, and our driver from the observatory, Carlos Estrada - moved to the lip of the scarp. South of the valley the land rises onto the irregular low scarp of the Castlereagh Hills and rarely exceeds a height of 150m. Any flank uplift would have shown the scarp to be significantly higher than a mid-valley outlier. Synonyms hill, hillside, hillock, bank, rise, escarpment 1.1 The inner wall of a ditch in a fortification. （壕沟的）内削壁。比较COUNTERSCARP Compare with counterscarp Example sentencesExamples Additional mines were used to destroy the palisades of the covered passage and the supporting walls of the counterscarp or scarp, thus facilitating entry into the fortress. The look-out openings on the parapet and even the gun-holes that honeycomb the scarp, serve as ventilators. More than 300 meters in diameter, Qala-i Jangi was of the style known as Vaubanian - built with moats, ramparts, scarps and counterscarps and parapets. verbskärpskɑrp [with object] 1Cut or erode (a slope or hillside) so that it becomes steep, perpendicular, or precipitous. （经切削或腐蚀）使成陡坡（或悬崖） the scarped edge of the central plateau Example sentencesExamples The picturesque old town, situated on the summit of a scarped hill, lies northwest of Reims and northeast of Paris. A scarped windward slope is the aspect most characteristic of coastal dunes. Synonyms precipitous, sheer, abrupt, sharp, perpendicular, vertical, bluff, vertiginous, dizzy 1.1 Provide (a ditch in a fortification) with a steep scarp and counterscarp. 为（壕沟）筑斜坡 Example sentencesExamples Outside this second circuit the natural slope has again been scarped to create a steep fall of about 10 m., at the bottom of which is a third, rather less substantial, rampart. Origin Late 16th century (with reference to fortification): from Italian scarpa.
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