地形地貌 Flashcards
(37 cards)
arroyo / brook / creek / rivulet / stream
You can step over a brook, jump over a creek, wade over a stream
Rivulet: small stream / brook
Arroyo: dry stream bed
canyon / ravine / gully / gorge / gulch
Gulch usually bigger than gully, deep V-shape formed by erosion
Gorge is part of a canyon: deep valley between cliffs
Ravine: small valley by stream-cutting erosion
crater
a bowl-shaped cavity / a pit made by an exploding bomb
cape
a cloak / 海角
crest
top of a hill or wave / showy feathers on the head of a bird
eddy
little whirlpool / whirlwind
fluvial
河流的 flu(流)+vial
ford
a shallow place in water where you can wade
V. to cross by wade
geyser
a spring from which columns of boiling water and steam gush into the air at intervals
grotto
small cave
insular (反)
insul(岛) + ar
narrow-minded
反：cosmopolitan
cosmopolitan (反)
世界主义／心胸宽广
反：insular
isthmus
a narrow strip of land
marine / maritime
海中的 ／ 沿海的，海上的
marsh
swamp
mesa
a land formation having steep wells and a relative flat top
mire (反)
marsh / a troublesome situation /
V. to harmer or hold back as if by mire
反： extricate
oasis
a fertile place in desert
peninsula
a piece of land surrounded by water on three sides
pinnacle
spire / a lofty peak
precipice
pre + cip(落下) + pice = 悬崖
= crag
ridge
脊
shoal (反)
a sandbank where the water is shallow
反： deep
strait
海峡 like isthmus
