declivity
/dɪˈklɪvɪti/
- n.
- 倾斜，下坡
中文释义来自 ECDICT
词源链
- 英语English
declivity
词源说明
1610s, from French déclivité, from Latin declivitatem, dēclīvitās, from dēclivis (“a sloping downward”), from de (“down”) + clīvus (“a slope”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱleywo-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean”) (English lean).
释义
名词noun
- 1(geomorphology) The downward slope of a curve.
- 2A downward bend in a path.
- 3(entomology) An inward curve of the exoskeleton of an insect