ridge

Word family

ridge /rɪdʒ/ noun [countableC]

1 SGa long area of high land, especially at the top of a mountain 山脊

We made our way carefully along the ridge.

我們沿着山脊小心前行。

a) DNsomething long and thin that is raised above the things around it 脊；壟；棱紋

A small ridge of sand separated the field from the beach.

一條小小的沙脊把田野和海灘分隔開來。

The ridges on the soles give the shoes a better grip.

鞋底上的棱紋可以更好地防滑。

b) the part at the top of a roof, where the two sides meet 屋脊

3. ridge of high pressure technicalHEM a long area of high air pressure in the atmosphere, which has an effect on the weather 高壓脊

Examples from the Corpus

ridge• Over to the right is rough dune land, a big area before you top a ridge of shingle.• Cycles of freezing and thawing caused an ice ridge to build up.• They came out onto a sand ridge that curved away toward the rocks.• A helicopter shot across the ridges overhead and disappeared into the adjoining canyon.• Stephen looked down at the ridge of grass along the centre of the track where the cart wheels had not pressed.• The sun disappeared behind the ridge.• From the ridge, the light seemed to cover all the slope below, drowsy and still.• Dove would not move his eyes off the ridge of white wash.• Rotting guavas and fruit flies that hover around them are also prevalent on the ridge route.• He lives in that house that Daddy designed, up on the ridge, on Jellison Road.• My fingers traced the ridges and folds of his hand.

Origin ridge

Old English hrycg

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