a narrow area of high land along the top of a line of hills; a high pointed area near the top of a mountain 山脊;山脉 walking along the ridge 沿着山脊行走 the north-east ridge of the Matterhorn 马特峰的东北部 We stood on the windswept ridge and looked down at the valley below. 我们站在被风吹起的山脊上,俯视下面的山谷。
a raised line on the surface of something; the point where two sloping surfaces join 隆起;脊;垄 The ridges on the soles of my boots stopped me from slipping. 我靴子底上有隆起的纹路,使我没有滑倒。 the ridge of the roof 屋脊
- [usually singular] ridge (of high pressure) (specialist)
a long narrow area of high pressure in the atmosphere (大气层的)高压脊 a ridge of high pressure over the Atlantic 大西洋上空的高压脊
Word OriginOld English hrycg ‘spine, crest’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rug and German Rücken ‘back’.