ridge

名词 ridge:

1. a long narrow natural elevation or striation
2. any long raised strip
3. a long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean
4. a long narrow range of hills
   同义词：ridgeline
5. any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane
6. a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters
   同义词：ridgepole, rooftree

动词 ridge:

1. extend in ridges
2. plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip
3. throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides
4. spade into alternate ridges and troughs
5. form into a ridge

1. The floor of the atlantic ridge in the middle from north to south.
   大西洋洋底在中部形成由北向南的海脊。
2. The evening before the battle, Wellington took up a defensive position along, and to the rear of, a long ridge.
   那场战斗的前夜，威灵顿沿一条长长的山脊背后占据了一个防守阵地。
3. He walked along the mountain ridge.
   他顺着山脊走。
4. His forehead was ridged with anxiety.
   他的前额因焦虑而布满了皱纹。

ridge

n.（名词）
A long narrow upper section or crest:
背脊，峰，隆起线：长而狭窄的上部或颠峰：
例句：
the ridge of a wave.
波峰

A long narrow chain of hills or mountains.Also called ridgeline
山脊，山脉：丘陵或大山的狭长山脉也作 ridgeline
A long narrow elevation on the ocean floor.
海脊：海底狭长的隆起部分
Meteorology An elongated zone of relatively high atmospheric pressure.Also called wedge
【气象学】 高压脊：大气气压相对较高的延长地带也作 wedge
A long, narrow, or crested part of the body:
背，背梁：身体上狭长或有羽冠的部分：
例句：
the ridge of the nose.
鼻梁

The horizontal line formed by the juncture of two sloping planes, especially the line formed by the surfaces at the top of a roof.
屋脊：由两个斜面相结合而形成的水平线，尤指在屋顶上由表面所形成的线
A narrow, raised strip, as in cloth or on plowed ground.
皱摺，田埂：衣服上或犁过的田里狭窄隆起的条带
v.（动词）
ridged,ridg.ing,ridg.es
v.tr.（及物动词）
To mark with, form into, or provide with ridges.
使成脊状，使隆起：以带有隆起物为特点的，形成隆起物，提供隆起物
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To form ridges.
使成脊状

来源：
Middle English rigge
中古英语 rigge
from Old English hrycg * see sker- 2
源自 古英语 hrycg *参见 sker- 2