a steep slope that separates an area of high ground from an area of lower ground 陡坡;悬崖;峭壁 The clay lowlands are flanked by steep chalk escarpments. 粘土低地两侧是陡峭的白垩悬崖。
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from French escarpement, escarpe ‘scarp, a very steep slope’, from Italian scarpa ‘slope’. Compare with scarp.