a high area of rock with a very steep side, often at the edge of the sea or ocean （常指海洋邊的）懸崖，峭壁 
the cliff edge/top 懸崖邊緣／頂端 the chalk cliffs of southern England 英格蘭南部的白垩質峭壁 a castle perched high on the cliffs above the river 高高聳立在臨河峭壁上的城堡 We set off along the cliff path. 我們沿着懸崖小路出發了。
Extra ExamplesTopics Geographyb2Steep cliffs towered above the river. 陡峭的懸崖俯瞰着那條河。 The cliffs fall away to the north. 峭壁向北傾斜。 The hotel was perched high on a cliff overlooking the ocean. 旅館高高地建在山崖上，俯瞰大海。 a long line of cliffs surrounding the bay 環繞海灣的一長溜絕壁 crumbling cliffs 坍塌的懸崖
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- high
- towering
- low
- …
- line
- climb
- scale
- descend
- …
- fall
- fall away
- rise
- …
- edge
- face
- ledge
- …
- be perched on a cliff
- the base of the cliff
- the bottom of the cliff
- …
Word OriginOld English clif, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch klif.
Idioms
fall off a cliff
- (informal)
to decrease quickly and suddenly in quantity or quality 懸崖：數量或質量迅速下降 Sales fell off a cliff in the first quarter of the year. 今年第一季度銷售額急劇下降。