riprap
/rip-rap/US // ˈrɪpˌræp //
护坡,护坡网,碎石,碎石板
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a quantity of broken stone for foundations, revetments of embankments, etc.
- : a foundation or wall of stones thrown together irregularly.
v.有主动词 verb
- 1
rip·rapped, rip·rap·ping.
- : to construct with or strengthen by stones, either loose or fastened with mortar.
Examples
The outer slope is protected with riprap, composed of large bowlders.
The shore below the landing is a line of broken, ragged, slimy rocks, as if they had been dumped there for a riprap wall.
Riprap holds dissolving banks, and overhanging trees are cut away.
The riprap was merely a skin on each face, with loose spawls mixed with the earth.
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