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单词 cuesta
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cuesta
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkwes.tə/us
/ˈkwes.tə/
geology,environmentspecialized
aridge(= high,narrowedgealong amountain)with agentleslopeon onesideand asteepslopeon the other:
鬣丘，单面山，单斜脊
The Niagaraescarpmentis a cuesta insouthernOntario.尼亚加拉峭崖是位于南安大略的一座单面山。
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  • I hadspectacularviewscyclingalong the Cuesta de Miranda.
  • El Morro istechnicallya cuesta, alongslopingmesaterminatingin anabruptbluff.
  • The northwest-facingescarpmentof theJurassicchalkWhiteHorse Hills is a UKexampleof a cuesta.
  • Michigan's cuestas aremostlyburiedbythickdepositsofglacialdrift.
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(Definition ofcuestafrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

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The plot is located on the upper part of a low (< 250 m) dissectedcuestaspur in a pericoastal range of low hills.
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The alternating resistant rhyolite and easily eroded basalts produce a series of parallel sharpcuestaridges separated by savanna plains.
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Eroded monoclines leave steeply tilted resistant rock called a hogback and the less steep version is acuesta.
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Both pediment flatirons and talus flatirons are associated with the scarps of acuesta, mesa, or butte and with their tips directed towards the scarp.
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Cuesta, however, was reluctant to agree, and was only persuaded to advance on the following day.
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Thecuestaregion contains coal, black shale and some oil shales.
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In time, the river cut a gorge through the north facing cliff, orcuesta.
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Cuestawas refused supplies and reinforcements until local authorities could review the appointments he had made to the army.
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The escarpment cuts through the dipping strata that comprises thecuesta.
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The escarpment's channels provided a route for drainage of ice-marginal meltwater; the channel system was eroded into thecuesta, and along its exposed eastern facing.
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