陡壁 [
dǒu bì]
[地理] steep wall
- 冉阿让的特长便是能直登陡壁,在不易发现的凸处找出着力的地方。
To climb a vertical surface, and to find points of support where hardly a projection was visible, was play to Jean Valjean. - 可是,尽管风暴和雪崩恣意摧残,尽管松树所能依附的只是陡壁上一块凸出的岩石,它依然长得笔挺。
But let storm and avalanche do their worst, and let the pine find only a ledge of vertical precipice to cling to, it will nevertheless grow straight. - 戴尔博士说鸟儿做这些动作并不是试着去飞行而是承担着像赛车上副翼的作用:使其身体保持在地面上以能用脚产生更多的力气去爬陡壁。
This is not to try to fly, Dr. Dial said, but to serve the same role as a spoiler on a race car: to keep the bird on the ground so it can generate more force with its feet and climb steep walls.
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