ridge

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ridge /rɪdʒ/ ●○○ noun [countable]  1  SGa long area of high land, especially at the top of a mountain 山脊 We made our way carefully along the ridge. 我们沿着山脊小心前行。 →4  See picture on 见图 Page A4 Country 乡间2  a) DNsomething long and thin that is raised above the things around it 脊；垄；棱纹 A small ridge of sand separated the field from the beach. 一条小小的沙脊把田野和海滩分隔开来。 The ridges on the soles give the shoes a better grip. 鞋底上的棱纹可以更好地防滑。 b) the part at the top of a roof, where the two sides meet 屋脊3. ridge of high pressure technicalHEM a long area of high air pressure in the atmosphere, which has an effect on the weather 高压脊

Examples from the Corpus

ridge• Over to the right is rough dune land, a big area before you top a ridge of shingle.• Cycles of freezing and thawing caused an ice ridge to build up.• They came out onto a sand ridge that curved away toward the rocks.• A helicopter shot across the ridges overhead and disappeared into the adjoining canyon.• Stephen looked down at the ridge of grass along the centre of the track where the cart wheels had not pressed.• The sun disappeared behind the ridge.• From the ridge, the light seemed to cover all the slope below, drowsy and still.• Dove would not move his eyes off the ridge of white wash.• Rotting guavas and fruit flies that hover around them are also prevalent on the ridge route.• He lives in that house that Daddy designed, up on the ridge, on Jellison Road.• My fingers traced the ridges and folds of his hand.Origin ridge Old English hrycg

ridge nounChinese  

at long of especially a land, Corpus high the area

Ridge
Ridge, Tom
(1956–) an American lawyer who was the first US Secretary of Homeland Security (2003–05). Before starting that job, he was the Governor of Pennsylvania from 1995 until 2001 and a member of the House of Representatives from 1983 until 1995. He was in the US Army during the Vietnam War and was given several medals.

ridge
ridge /rɪdʒ/ noun [countable]1. a long area of high land, especially at the top of a mountain:
    We made our way carefully along the ridge.
2.
  a. something long and thin that is raised above the things around it:
    A small ridge of sand separated the field from the beach.
    The ridges on the soles give the shoes a better grip.
  b. the part at the top of a roof, where the two sides meet
3. ridge of high pressure technical a long area of high air pressure in the atmosphere, which has an effect on the weather
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ 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