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    camber

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Roads
    cam·ber /ˈkæmbə $ -ər/ noun [countable, uncountable]  TTR technical a slight curve from the centre of a road or other surface to the side, which makes water flow to the side 中凸形，拱势〔路面等中间微拱的弧面，可使水流向两边〕
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    camber• Snicking through St Mary's, a sharpish left-hander with an odd camber and change of surface.• Ellie leaned back against the school piano, her gray skirt revealing the camber of her thighs.    Origin camber (1600-1700) French cambre, from cambrer “to curve”, from Latin camur “curved”
    cam·ber nounChineseSyllable
    the curve slight from a Corpus centre of


    camber
    cam‧ber /ˈkæmbə $ -ər/ noun [uncountable and countable]
     Date: 1600-1700
     Language: French
     Origin: cambre, from cambrer 'to curve', from Latin camur 'curved'
    technical a slight curve from the centre of a road or other surface to the side, which makes water flow to the side


    cam·berBrE /ˈkæmbə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkæmbər/ 🔊 nouna slight downward curve from the middle of a road to each side 预拱度（路面中间微拱的曲面）