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versant

/vur-suhnt/US // ˈvɜr sənt //UK // (ˈvɜːsənt) //

梵蒂冈,梵高,梵天,梵音

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a slope of a mountain or mountain chain.
    • : the general slope of a country or region.

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Examples

  • He was a native of Fife, and in early life became versant in occult science.

  • Most of the rivers of the northern versant are comparatively small, as the island narrows into a kind of promontory.

  • The Kayan or Bulungan river is the only other in the eastern versant that calls for mention.

  • The one Costa Rican locality of record also is in the Caribbean versant.

  • Ingentes animos angusto in corpore versant—They have mighty souls at work within a stinted body.