precipice

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A very steep cliff.
    — I resolved to remove my tent from the place where it stood, which was just under the hanging precipice of the hill; and which, if it should be shaken again, would certainly fall upon my tent[…]
  2. The brink of a dangerous situation. figuratively
    — to stand on a precipice
  3. A headlong fall or descent. obsolete

词形变化

precipices plural præcipice alternative

词汇关系

近义词
cliff cliffdrop
衍生词
precipice bond precipiced
相关词
precipitous precipitously precipitousness

词源

First attested in 1598, from Middle French precipice, from Latin praecipitium (“a steep place”), from praeceps (“steep”), from prae + caput (“head”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“head”).
Distantly related to precept through Latin praecipiō (“to teach”), from prae + capiō (“take”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap-, *keh₂p- (“to hold; to seize”).
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