precipice

precipice

英 ['presɪpɪs]
　　美 ['prɛsəpɪs]

n. 懸崖；絕壁；險境

中文詞源：

precipice 懸崖

pre-,在前，-cip,頭，詞源同cap,captain.即頭在前，一頭栽下，引申詞義陡坡，陡崖，懸崖等。

例句：

1. The hut hung half over the edge of the precipice.
那間小屋有一半懸在峭壁邊上.

2. They were perilously close to the edge of the precipice.
他們離懸崖邊很近,十分危險.

3. A slight carelessness on this precipice could cost a man his life.
在這懸崖上稍一疏忽,就會使人喪生.

4. Watching him climb up the precipice, everybody was breathless with anxiety.
看著他往懸崖上爬, 大傢都捏一把汗.

5. The climber fell down a precipice.
爬山者跌下瞭懸崖.