crag
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++crag /kræɡ/ noun [countable] SGa high and very steep rough rock or mass of rocks 悬崖，峭壁，绝壁
Examples from the Corpus
crag• The alabaster face of Rogal Dorn branded his retinas: a crag of a face, with lush tough lips.• Bleak heights are carpeted in radiant colors; every crack and crevice of a frowning crag blossoms.• The blatant placing of a bolt in a Lakeland mountain crag produced considerable reaction throughout the rock climbing fraternity.• The Cyclopes, too, were gigantic, towering up like mighty mountain crags and devastating in their power.• Local tradition calls salty crags by the Dead Sea after her still.• With wet clothes clinging to her back, she looked skeletal, her shoulder blades poking up like sharp crags.• Massive slate crags rise above the river bank.• Seasons: The crag faces west, is sited just above the sea and climbing is generally possible all year round.Origin crag (1300-1400) From a Celtic languagecrag nounChinese
mass Corpus or steep very and a of rough high rock
crag
crag /kræɡ/
noun [countable]
▪ mountain a very high hill: the highest mountain in Austria
▪hill an area of land that is higher than the land around it, which is like a mountain but smaller and usually has a rounded top: We went for a walk in the hills. | The house is surrounded by woods, farmland and gentle hills.
▪Mount (also Mt written abbreviation) used in the names of mountains. Don’t say ‘Fuji Mountain’ – say ‘Mount Fuji’: Mount Everest
▪cliff the steep side of an area of land, often next to the sea: the white cliffs of Dover
▪precipice especially literary a very steep and dangerous cliff: They were standing on the edge of a precipice.
▪crag a high steep rock or mountain: An eagle sailed over the high crags.
▪ridge a long narrow area of high ground, especially at the top of a mountain: I could see a group of climbers high up on a ridge.
▪knoll a small round hill: a grassy knoll
▪volcano a mountain with a large hole at the top, through which lava (=hot liquid rock) is sometimes forced out: the eruption of a volcano
▪summit the very highest point of a mountain: the summit of Mt Everest
▪peak especially literary the top of a mountain: the snow-covered peaks of the Himalayas | a distant peak
▪range/chain a group of mountains or hills arranged in a line: the mountain range that is part of the border between Norway and Sweden
▪foothills a group of smaller hills below a range of high mountains: the Sierra foothills
crag /kræɡ/
noun [countable] Date: 1300-1400
Origin: From a Celtic language
a high and very steep rough rock or mass of rocksOrigin: From a Celtic language
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