| 单词 | steep-sided |
| 例句 | The interior of Svalbard was mountainous, with jumbled peaks and sharp ridges deeply cut by ravines and steep-sided valleys, and the cold was intense. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z They can’t follow when the chimps cross a narrow, steep-sided valley by swinging from tree to tree, or when they climb the slender vines that often hang down a sheer cliff face. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Passing through a steep-sided gully, he spotted a curious glint in the brush above and clambered up to have a look. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Bizarrely, the seeds of this transport revolution were planted by a Colombian drugs warlord, Pablo Escobar, whose home town of Medellín perfectly suited his nefarious needs, the steep-sided valleys creating isolated barrios within the city. Urban cable cars: from transport solution to tourist attraction 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z How easily, for example, are its steep-sided canyons made into traps. Frontier justice was brutal in Los Angeles, and 'Eternity Street' gets to the heart of the matter 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z They are very steep-sided, huge blocks and tough to work. Pregnant in the field: have trowel, will travel 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z The first section is the steep-sided, 30-metre flat-topped Inner Head, the south shore of which is flat and grassy and ideal for wild camping. 10 great walks on Britain's tiny islands 2019-05-11T04:00:00Z From the Hotel Los Jazmines, perched high above the valley, we surveyed a landscape unlike any I had ever seen, deeply verdant and dominated by mogotes, large, steep-sided hills that seem to appear from nowhere. In Cuba, as an uncertain future inches closer, it’s still a step back in time 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z The film-makers didn’t know if the outlaws would attack them, or if their Jeep would fall off the steep-sided mountain track where it kept getting stuck in the mud and tipping over precariously. The Uncondemned: the heartbreaking story behind the first conviction of rape as a war crime 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z We reached this beautiful lake after parking the hire car at Pont d’Espagne and walking past a series of epic waterfalls and up a steep-sided valley for an hour or so. The best travel discoveries of 2017 – chosen by Guardian writers 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z The majesty of the green valley unfolding between steep-sided mountains compares to the awe-inducing vistas of an American national park such as Yosemite. This jewel-like paradise in the Andes is one of Colombia’s hottest tourist destinations 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z On a steep-sided little gully, 40 years ago, a few baby silver birches escaped relentless browsing by red deer and grew tall. Rewilding: How Trees for Life are renewing the Highlands 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z Renowned for its steep-sided peaks, deep lochs and wild, challenging terrain, the Rough Bounds boasts some of Scotland’s finest mountain scenery. Scotland’s best Highland bothy weekend adventures 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z Built along the banks of the Firtina River, which runs through one of the province’s steep-sided valleys, the town is a key point of access to the surrounding Kackar Mountains. Have a Look at the Fabled Honey Forest 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z All that will remain of the 11-kilometer-long reservoir that filled the valley for 60 years will be steep-sided slopes coated in gray mud, split once again by a free-flowing river. Historic dam removal poses challenge of restoring both river and landscape 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z Icefin explored crevasses and steep-sided terraces on the underside of the ice, and found rapid melting there, as the near-vertical orientation of the sidewalls allowed mixing and brought more heat to bear on the ice. Scientists Get a Close-Up Look Beneath a Troubling Ice Shelf in Antarctica 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z The team's dog Isla found the walkers in a "steep-sided gully away from the paths" a spokesman said. Rescue dog praised for finding couple in Scafell Pike gully 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z The Kern River cascades from the Sierra Nevada and emerges from a steep-sided canyon. In Bakersfield, a lawsuit aims to turn a dry riverbed into a flowing river 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z I mean that literally, because whatever sort of traction the skinny, steep-sided tub once had was long gone. Perspective | I went to a dying honeymoon hotel to mourn the end of my marriage 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Anywhere with steep-sided, hilly terrain, where water can move very quickly, is at particularly high risk. Thunderstorms: Why drought can lead to dangerous flooding 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z Headward cirque erosion by three or more mountain glaciers produces horns, which are steep-sided, spire-shaped mountains with pronounced cirques on three or more sides. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z I read through the center’s disclaimers that, because of weather, trips are often canceled with short notice and that landing on the steep-sided Bass is only for the agile and sure-footed. Scotland’s Bass Rock belongs to the birds 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z The coal mines, their steep-sided slag heaps dotting the horizon like dark pyramids, have been a defining feature of eastern Ukraine for well over a century. Ukraine war: Against the thud of artillery, miners struggle on 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z The quarry was deep and steep-sided with three strictly rectilinear faces: They looked like the towering sides of buildings, as though the mountain had already contained inside itself the idea of a city. When I Went Away From the World 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z It includes a range of habitats, including grassland, old orchards, areas of scrub and steep-sided valleys. Wyre Forest becomes largest protected woodland in England 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z The Kern River cascades from the Sierra Nevada in a steep-sided canyon, coursing through granite boulders, and flows to the northeast side of Bakersfield. In Bakersfield, many push for bringing back the flow of the long-dry Kern River 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z The terrain largely consists of many steep-sided valleys. Climate change: Nightmare of life in the shadow of landslide coal tip 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z Visitors to the rocky, steep-sided island can see the house where he lived, which is now a museum. The remote British island hoping to see more visitors 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z "It drove the parties in the wrong direction down a steep-sided valley." The tragedy that saw the birth of the Peak District mountain rescue teams 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z Believed to be the youngest fault system on Mars, Cerberus Fossae, "is a steep-sided set of troughs cutting volcanic plains to the east of Elysium Mons," according to Arizona State University. NASA captures Martian landslide in stunning pic 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z However, scaling up this technique would require much more land than is available in the narrow, steep-sided valley, so NRW asked technology companies to come up with an innovative solution. 'Staggering' clean-up of polluted river 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z The eastern half of the magnetic weak spot seems to correspond with a dense, steep-sided region of rock deep below Africa, at the core-mantle boundary. What Ancient African Huts Reveal About Earth's Magnetic Flips 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z The patch of green lies at the bottom of a steep-sided arroyo, which is otherwise bone dry. Most archaeologists think the first Americans arrived by boat. Now, they’re beginning to prove it 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z When glaciers grow and oceans shrink, the shallow reefs that sit atop steep-sided atolls go high and dry, triggering die-offs. Naturalist Richard Pyle explores the mysterious, dimly lit realm of deep coral reefs 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z The flat tops of the steep-sided buttes afford breathtakingly panoramic views of the surrounding plains, which are populated mostly by cattle and antelope. Mine cleanup at Riley Pass finally begins after 51 years 2016-08-07T04:00:00Z Winnats Pass is described as "a steep-sided valley, three-quarters of a mile long with lots of caves". Peak District couple 'saved by selfie' at Winnats Pass - BBC News 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z Alaska's Malaspina glacier—North America's largest example of a piedmont glacier—squeezes through a steep-sided valley into a flat, open area like cake batter into a baking pan. Week’s Best Space Pictures: Mars' Ancient River System 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z It’s unlikely this or the others are impact craters, says Vincent, because incoming meteorites wouldn’t create such steep-sided holes. What Do Florida and a Comet Have in Common? Sinkholes 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z The pits that are still active are steep-sided, whereas quieter cavities are shallower. Rosetta Spots Huge Sinkholes On Comet 67P 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z Fjords from Alaska to Norway soak up potentially damaging carbon from the atmosphere, making the steep-sided inlets an overlooked natural ally in offsetting man-made climate change, a study showed on Monday. Fjords are unexpected natural allies against climate change: study 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z At the time of Monday's rescue in the canal near Hazard Avenue and Tributary Point Drive, the rain was heavy, and the steep-sided concrete canal was slick. Firefighters rescue deer from Sacramento canal 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z Alaska's Malaspina glacier—North America's largest example of a piedmont glacier—squeezes through a steep-sided valley into a flat, open area like cake batter into a baking pan. Week’s Best Space Pictures: Mars' Ancient River System 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z Most of the rain actually fell on higher land and was washed down the steep-sided valleys to Boscastle. The village 'washed on to the map' 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z Hiking trails crisscross the length of the park, skirting the edges of designated wildlife sanctuaries, following the gentle path of the Colvin Run stream or climbing up steep-sided valleys. Riding the rails to trails: Metro offers a car-free path to the great outdoors Recent losses included one juvenile eagle that drowned in a steep-sided pool in a sandstone niche. Monument eagles fitted with transmitters 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z The chambers that the archaeologists uncovered would have originally resided beneath the surface, leaving only the steep-sided pyramid visible. 3,300-Year-Old Tomb with Pyramid Entrance Discovered in Egypt 2014-04-01T06:54:00Z Alaska's Malaspina glacier—North America's largest example of a piedmont glacier—squeezes through a steep-sided valley into a flat, open area like cake batter into a baking pan. Week’s Best Space Pictures: Mars' Ancient River System 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z The confining ice kept everything piled up into a steep-sided hill. Volcanoes Guard Ice Age Secrets 2014-03-11T20:36:00Z Residents of a remote village nestled in a steep-sided valley in Norway can enjoy winter sunlight for the first time ever thanks to the giant mirrors. Photos of the Day: Oct. 30 2013-10-30T23:14:17Z Clinging to the foothills of a steep-sided mountain on the outskirts of Palermo is Trabia, the quaintest of provincial fishing ports. In the Cosa Nostra heartland of UK Mafia boss 2013-08-11T18:05:06Z While winds, as predicted were light, the course was proving precarious on the opening morning as the narrow fairways, thick rough and steep-sided bunkers took their toll. Saltman suffers hackers' curse as first hole bares its teeth 2013-07-18T10:05:38Z Before it, people relied on muddy tracks that rose and fell over the steep-sided glens. Beauty and beast 2013-06-14T06:01:34Z Like many steep-sided valleys in Wales, there is continual movement but here we have seen some dramatic movement that has led to large deposits of material on the highway. Engineers assess landslip damage 2012-12-24T10:05:05Z If you like, it is the rather spooky moment when, from beneath the seemingly level and egalitarian plain of society, there slowly arises the steep-sided and hegemonic pyramid. A Point of View: I'm not toasting [insert head-of-state here] 2012-05-25T16:40:18Z It is pleasantly situated in the steep-sided valley of the river Gade, immediately above its junction with the Bulbourne, near the Grand Junction canal. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z Among and around these, again, were steep-sided snow-drifts, sloping down from the highest altitude of the piled-up masses to the general level. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z On each side the land is hilly, but not high; and this distinguishes the Mesier Channel from many others, whose shores for miles are formed by ranges of steep-sided mountains. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z By contrast, Lake Ellsworth is steep-sided, and much smaller - roughly the size of England's Lake Windermere. 'New frontier' of Antarctic lake exploration 2012-02-16T12:23:50Z On each side rounded hills shut out the horizon, save where here and there a tributary valley would reveal, through steep-sided gorges, a distant view of purple ridges with snow-clad tops. By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z Clambering on foot up a steep-sided hillock that appeared to be an ancient glacial moraine augmented by many slides, we suddenly found ourselves on the edge of the high-water level of the lake. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z In places, as west of Camp Douglas, the deep, steep-sided valleys are found to lead down and out from a tract of land so slightly rolling as to be well adapted to cultivation. The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin 2011-11-29T03:00:17.347Z A depression of small extent when steep-sided is termed a “caldron,” and a long narrow depression crossing a part of the continental border is termed a “furrow.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z At first the country was rather open: always the long spurs of hills, steep-sided, but not high. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z Such steep-sided narrow hollows are found all along the edge of this range of downs, where they slope to the larger valley which stretches out to the horizon. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z During the last Ice Age, glaciers moving south carved deep gullies in reddish granite, creating a series of parallel steep-sided mountains interspersed with finger lakes as well as one fjord — well, a fjard, actually. Harmony In The State Of Maine 2011-07-13T16:10:39Z We bumped and clattered over high, steep-sided ramparts of rock. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z To the left is broken ground and a steep-sided hill, towards whose shoulder the track rises. Wood and Garden Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur 2011-06-02T02:00:22.983Z As an extreme illustration, a high plateau becomes dissected by streams so as to form an intricate system of rugged mountain ridges and peaks, with deep, steep-sided valleys between. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z If it happens to be a steep-sided ditch he often loses his balance and rolls to the bottom; and that is what has been mistaken for leaping. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z A nearer view of these hills shows us many spurs dipping down sharply into the vale, and between them steep-sided ravines and deep, narrow water-courses carved out by the short and rapid brooks. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. 2011-02-19T03:01:10.063Z Hundreds of people were evacuated in the suburbs of Los Angeles, with particular concerns for homes in steep-sided canyons previously ravaged by wildfires. California beaches 'contaminated' 2010-12-23T20:48:18Z And today, a softly spoken community dentist, George MacLeod, walked on to the steep-sided course with a small group of friends for another rebellious round. Stornoway's golfers drive a hole through sabbath ban 2010-08-01T20:28:00Z The rocks, consisting mostly of unconsolidated clays and soft sandstones, with occasional hard layers and irregular concretions, have been cut into innumerable channels, leaving steep-sided remnants of the former plain between. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z They were facing a country cut up by many steep-sided ravines, and over the resultant hills were retreating little squads of the 88th. Last Words If it could seize the long, steep-sided spur of Craonne, it would be able to turn the German positions on the whole line of heights. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. 2011-02-19T03:01:10.063Z This is an area of broken topography, dissected by small steep-sided ravines, often with brush and scrubby trees on the slopes. Observations on the Mississippi Kite in Southwestern Kansas I remember one Sunday afternoon in a still, steep-sided ravine, the walls of it rising sharply on either side, thickly wooded with giant beeches; the sun-flecked grass aquiver with myriads of white ethereal wind-flowers. Confessions of an Opera Singer Across this gently sloping surface the streams from the uplands, increasing in length as the lakes were lowered, have excavated narrow, steep-sided channels. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z Behind this town rose a great hill, steep-sided, flat-topped, and belted by lines of cliffs. The White Shield It is an extinct volcano whose steep-sided interior makes an inescapable prison. Rastignac the Devil Just across the basin formed by the widening of the outlet of Lake George, a steep-sided mountain rises high above all the surrounding region. Burgoyne's Invasion of 1777 With an outline sketch of the American Invasion of Canada, 1775-76. There was a deep, steep-sided gully between Finn and these strange figures, but even at that distance the Wolfhound was conscious of a strong sense of hostility toward the creatures he watched. Finn The Wolfhound The beach was shut in by steep-sided, high rocks, impassable scrub and sombre, unseasonably green shrubs. Letters from my Windmill They carried both bodies to the bottom of the canyon and up the bloody trail until they came to a steep-sided, narrow chasm which yawned into the wider gulch. With Hoops of Steel The northern portion of this western range is a steep-sided, flat-topped hill, called "Table Mountain" in the orders for the battle; it lies about a mile due west of the central portion of Mont Blanc. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government There is very little comfort on board a small, deeply-loaded steamer when she rolls her rails in, and lurches with thudding screw swung clear over big, steep-sided combers. Hawtrey's Deputy Here there was a narrow steep-sided valley, or "combe"—and at the mouth of this, well sheltered on three sides from the north, the east, and north-eastern winds, stood the homestead. The Toilers of the Field At any rate it is a magnificent, upstanding peak rising proud and steep-sided high and clear above its neighbours. The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty Just now these were bare and gaunt, and the steep-sided ravine to the left seemed to-day a barren crack in a gloomy landscape. The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives The shooting was good, but so were the trenches—deep and narrow, and steep-sided, with dug-outs scooped under the bank and strong traverses localising the effect of any shell that fell exactly on the trench. Between the Lines “No, herr; but I have been on others, where little crystals have been found in cracks; and they were mountains like that—very steep-sided, and having little snow.” The Crystal Hunters A Boy's Adventures in the Higher Alps There was a valley; a creek came frothing down not far from them; a narrow, steep-sided cleft rent through stupendous rocks; and the white ridge high above it seemed familiar. The Gold Trail At last Barrent was backed into a narrow, steep-sided angle of cliff. The Status Civilization The only way to approach Beersheba from the desert is by crossing the steep-sided Wadi es Saba—from which the town and a small village near by take their names. With Our Army in Palestine Here, too, they found mountains for the first time on Saturn; mountains steep-sided, and many Earth-miles high. A Honeymoon in Space So at last Terry brought him down into a creek-bed and the bottom on a steep-sided ca�on. Man to Man Not long ago the Mississippi between Cairo and the Gulf flowed in a rather steep-sided valley probably some hundreds of feet in depth, which had a width of many miles. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography At Vicksburg itself, and for some distance south of it, a line of bluffs or steep-sided hills lying east of the Mississippi comes right up to the edge of the river. Abraham Lincoln We started at 3 a.m. the next day, March 26th, while it was yet dark, and steering east for some four or five miles came to a narrow, steep-sided riverbed. With Our Army in Palestine Most of the day we travelled through a rougher country, and saw many buttes--steep-sided, flat-topped mounds; and in the neighborhood of Bordeaux the road wound among scattering pine-trees. The Voyage of the Rattletrap As day was breaking Kish Taka led the way up a steep-sided mesa and, catching Howard's arm, pointed out toward the east. The Desert Valley These open-air streams commonly flow in steep-sided, narrow valleys, which themselves were caves until the galleries became so wide that they could no longer support the roof. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography After a dozen steps she came to a steep-sided, narrow chasm giving passageway not six feet wide which twisted this way and that before her. The Bells of San Juan Then suddenly the cultivation ended abruptly on the edge of a sandy desert that, seamed with nullahs, or deep, steep-sided ravines, and dotted with tall clumps of thorny cactus, stretched away to the horizon. The Jungle Girl There was one path through these woods that led into a narrow steep-sided coombe, one side of which was planted with firs. The Amateur Poacher The area is everywhere intersected by steep-sided valleys and ravines. Across China on Foot A single trail led far away from the beaten road toward a stretch of coarse dry yucca and loco-weeds that hid a little steep-sided draw across the plains. Vanguards of the Plains This will be a most difficult part of the country for drays travelling on account of the many steep-sided creeks. McKinlay's Journal of Exploration in the Interior of Australia One solitary mount appeared much farther to the westward and was also steep-sided towards the north. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 The plateau is deeply notched by three steep-sided ravines running down to the Aisne. The Boy Allies in the Trenches Midst Shot and Shell Along the Aisne North of this patch the land changes its appearance; the bare sandhills cease, and a steep-sided down, 300 feet high, faces the coastline. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in The Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners Of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits To the Islands in the Arafura Sea And yet I felt it most difficult to imagine an accident on open floe with no worse pitfall than a shallow crack or steep-sided snow drift. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I The road curved and swooped through steep-sided valleys. O+F In numerous places, where the water dashed against the steep-sided bluffs, rim-ice was unable to form. Burning Daylight Now at the time she was riding on a path which ran along the edge of a little rock-strewn donga not more than eight or ten feet deep, but steep-sided. The Ghost Kings The easiest place to hide the thing was in the river, and the closest trail to the river hit the extreme north end, where there was a steep-sided bay. Boy Scouts of the Air on Lost Island One sees more and more clearly what shelter is afforded on the weather side of steep-sided objects. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I We clamber up into the long jungle grass region and go on our way across a series of steep-sided, rounded grass hillocks, each of which is separated from the others by dry, rocky watercourses. Travels in West Africa It was on a steep-sided mound that more or less resembled a gigantic ant-heap. She and Allan Vigorous rivers well armed with waste make short work of cutting their beds to grade, and thus erode narrow, steep-sided gorges only wide enough at the base to accommodate the stream. The Elements of Geology Everywhere they are flat-topped, steep-sided, and narrow, while between them lie parts of the main valley floor, flat and fertile. The Red Man's Continent: a chronicle of aboriginal America Small steep-sided banks or knolls, covered with luxuriantly growing coral, rise from the interior expanse to the same level with the external rim, which, as we have seen, is formed only of dead rock. Coral Reefs When their lofty steep-sided summits appear, some above, some below the clouds, the scene is grand. A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 This operation was not without danger, for, to carry it out, they had to go through the town and cross the bridge over a very steep-sided stream. The Memoirs of General Baron De Marbot In front of almost every valley, they are breached by narrow, crooked, steep-sided passages. Coral Reefs |
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