1·The earthquake plunged entire towns over the edge of the cliffs.
地震将整座整座的城镇掀到悬崖之下。
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2·Patterns of light, reflected by the river, dance along the base of the cliffs.
被河水倒映出的光影沿着悬崖底部轻快地跳动。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3·The city council commissioned geological experts earlier this year to survey the cliffs.
该市议会今年早些时候委托地质专家们对这些悬崖进行勘测。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
4·Waves dashed against the cliffs.
海浪击打着悬崖。
5·The bay was shadowed by magnificent cliffs.
巍峨的悬崖把海湾笼罩在阴影里。
—— 《牛津词典》
1·The cliffs, lapped by a crystal-clear sea, remind her of Capri.
清澈透明的大海拍打着峭壁,让她想起卡普里岛。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·The cliffs towered above them.
悬崖峭壁高耸于他们上方。
—— 《牛津词典》
3·The white cliffs of Dover, for example, are white because they contain limestone, or calcium carbonate.
比如,多佛的白色峭壁之所以为白色就是因为含有石灰岩或碳酸钙。
4·About five million years ago the area was a limestone plateau, but as sea levels rose the effects of surf and rain began to carve out these magnificent cliffs, along with stacks and arches.
大约五百万年以前,这个地区是一个石灰岩的高原,海平面的上升增强了冲浪和雨对石灰岩的影响,开始分割成为这些宏伟的峭壁,同时形成了堆栈和拱门。
5·Grubby white and blue crystal towers, cliffs and crevasses soar up from the water, dispatching millenniums of compacted snow in the shape of seals, water lilies and bishops' mitres.
水中高耸起污白和蓝色的水晶塔、峭壁和裂隙,将海豹、睡莲和主教冠的形状千年积雪推送出去。