berm 英 [bɜːm]   美 [bɝm]

berm

berm  英 [bɜːm] 美 [bɝm]

n. 崖径;城墙与外濠间的狭道 

名词复数:berms 

Something like digging a pond, drilling a well, or building a berm may only provide a small benefit, but it’s a benefit that will persist for years — potentially for generations. 比如挖一个池塘,钻一口井或兴建护堤只能提供一些方便,但这有一个好处,它将持续数年 - 可能造福几代人。
A Soviet-made tank, painted with Libya's revolutionary colors, climbed a sand berm by the compound and prepared to fire its cannon into the city. 一辆涂装利比亚革命派色彩的苏制坦克爬过院落旁边的一处沙堤,准备向城内开炮。

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  • n. 崖径;城墙与外濠间的狭道
  • 1. Something like digging a pond, drilling a well, or building a berm may only provide a small benefit, but it’s a benefit that will persist for years — potentially for generations.

    比如挖一个池塘,钻一口井或兴建护堤只能提供一些方便,但这有一个好处,它将持续数年 - 可能造福几代人。

  • 2. A Soviet-made tank, painted with Libya's revolutionary colors, climbed a sand berm by the compound and prepared to fire its cannon into the city.

    一辆涂装利比亚革命派色彩的苏制坦克爬过院落旁边的一处沙堤,准备向城内开炮。

  • 3. As I got closer, I could see it was in fact a hangar, shaped a bit like a giant crab, built into a berm.

    再靠近一点我发现这是一个机库,形如巨蟹,建于崖径之中。

  • berm (n.) "narrow ledge," 1729, from French berme (17c.), from Old Dutch baerm "edge of a dike," which is probably related to brim (q.v.). In U.S., especially "grass strip beside a road," originally the name for the bank of a canal opposite the tow path (1833; berm-bank is from 1832).
berm / bɜːm ; NAmE bɜːrm / noun ( technical 术语 ) 1 an area of ground at the side of a road; a raised area of ground at the side of a river or canal 路边的狭长地带;河边护堤 2 a narrow raised area of sand formed on a beach by the waves coming in from the sea 滩沿,后滨阶地(海浪淘沙淤积而成) berm berms berm / bɜːm ; NAmE bɜːrm /
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