• n. 懸崖；絕壁
• n. (Cliff)人名；(英)克利夫

詞源同cleave,cleft.

cliff

cliff: [OE] Cliff comes from a prehistoric Germanic *kliban, of unknown origin (German klippe ‘crag’ is a collateral relative). The compound cliffhanger seems to have originated in the USA in the 1930s; it comes from the serial movies then popular, in which at the end of each episode the hero or heroine was left in some perilous situation, such as hanging off the edge of a cliff, not resolved until the next instalment.

cliff (n.)

Old English clif "rock, promontory, steep slope," from Proto-Germanic *kliban (cognates: Old Saxon clif, Old Norse klif, Middle Dutch klippe, Dutch klip, Old High German klep, German Klippe "cliff, promontory, steep rock").

Clift has been a variant spelling since 15c. and was common in early Modern English, influenced by or merged with clift, a variant of cleft (n.). Cliff-dweller first attested 1889, American English.

1. A pall of oily black smoke drifted over the cliff-top.

一團油膩的黑色煙霧飄到懸崖頂上。

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2. We hiked the Grand Canyon, exploring Indian cliff dwellings.

我們去大峽谷徒步旅行，探究印第安人的崖居。

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3. A waterfall cascades down the cliff from the hills behind.

一處瀑布從身后山崖上飛流直下。

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4. He scrambled 200 feet up the cliff face.

他沿著崖面向上攀登了200英尺。

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5. They came straggling up the cliff road.

他們零零散散地沿著懸崖小路走上來。

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