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acclivity是什么意思

acclivity

英 [ə'klɪvɪtɪ] 美 [ə'klɪvəti]
  • n. 向上的斜坡;[建] 上斜

助记提示


1、ac- "up" + cliv- + -ity.

英文词源


acclivity (n.)
1610s, from Latin acclivitatem (nominative acclivitas) "an ascending direction, an upward steepness," from acclivis "mounting upwards, ascending," from ad- "up" (see ad-) + clivus "hill, a slope," from PIE *klei-wo-, suffixed form of *klei- "to lean" (see lean (v.)).

双语例句


1. Three or four men ascended the little acclivity.
有三、四个战士爬上小丘.

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