cliffy
/klif-ee/US // ˈklɪf i //
峭壁,悬崖式的,悬崖,悬崖式
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
cliff·i·er, cliff·i·est.
- : abounding in or formed by cliffs: a cliffy shoreline.
Examples
The headlands project boldly far into the sea; in front lie several islands, and behind dark forests and the cliffy Apennines.
Here we were again stopped for some time, finding a way by which we might ascend the cliffy sides.
They came about in mid-channel and lay some hours with lowered sail in the lee of a cliffy island.
He knew that shore slightly,—a bald, cliffy stretch notched with rocky pockets in which the surf beat itself into dirty foam.
He stood a second on the cliffy north wall to look down on the quiet harbor.
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