acclivity
英 [ə'klɪvɪtɪ]
美[ə'klɪvəti]
- n. 向上的斜坡；[建] 上斜
词态变化
复数: acclivities;
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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