ridge

ridge
noun
  1. a long narrow hilltop, mountain range, or watershed
    山脊，山脉，岭；分水岭
    the North-East ridge of Everest.
    珠穆朗玛峰东北向山脊。
    ■the line or edge formed where the two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top
    屋脊
    ■(Meteorology)an elongated region of high barometric pressure
    (气象)高压脊
    ■a narrow raised band running along or across a surface
    脊状突起带，隆起部
    buff your nails in order to smooth ridges.
    打磨指甲，让隆起部分平滑。
    ■a raised strip of arable land, especially (in medieval open fields) one of a set separated by furrows
    垄，埂
verb
  1. [withobj.][often as adj. ridged]mark with or form into narrow raised bands
    使成脊突
    the ridged sand of the beach.
    海滩上的沙脊。
    ■[no obj.](of a surface) form into or rise up as a narrow raised band
    （表面）成脊状，起皱
    the crust of the earth ridged.
    地壳起皱成脊。
    ■form (arable land) into raised strips separated by furrows
    翻（耕地）作垄
    a field ploughed in narrow stitches that are ridged up slightly.
    被翻成有微微隆起窄垄的耕地。
派生
ridgy
adjective
语源
  1. Old English hrycg 'spine, crest', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rug and German Rücken 'back'
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