"steep slope," 1580s, from Italian scarpa "slope," probably from a Germanic source, perhaps Gothic skarpo "pointed object," from Proto-Germanic *skarpa- "cutting, sharp" (cognates: Middle High German schroffe "sharp rock, crag," Old English scræf "cave, grave"), from PIE *(s)ker- (1) "to cut" (see shear (v.)).
实用例句
1. The scarp has slopes with grades greater than 60 degrees.
这个悬崖的斜坡角度大于60度。
来自辞典例句
2. Sometimes you may not even know that you are looking at a fault scarp.
