English-Thai Dictionary

precipice

N สภาวะ ที่ ล่อแหลม  sa-pa-wa-ti-lor-lam

 

precipice

N หน้าผา  cliff bluff na-pa

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PRECIPICE

n.[L. proecipitium, from proeceps, headlong; proe, forward, and ceps, for caput, head. See Chief. ] 1. Strictly, a falling headlong; hence, a steep descent of land; a fall or descent of land, perpendicular or nearly so.
Where wealth, like fruit, on precipices grew.
2. A steep descent, in general.
In the breaking of the waves there is ever a precipice.
Swift down the precipice of time it goes.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PRECIPICE

Prec "i *pice, n. Etym: [F. précipice, L. praecipitium, fr. praeceps, -cipitis, headlong; prae before + caput, capitis, the head. See Pre-, and Chief. ]

 

1. A sudden or headlong fall. [Obs. ] Fuller.

 

2. A headlong steep; a very steep, perpendicular, or overhanging place; an abrupt declivity; a cliff. Where wealth like fruit on precipices grew. Dryden.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

precipice

prec i pice |ˈpresəpəs ˈprɛsəpəs | ▶noun a very steep rock face or cliff, typically a tall one: we swerved toward the edge of the precipice | figurative : the country was teetering on the precipice of political anarchy. ORIGIN late 16th cent. (denoting a headlong fall ): from French précipice or Latin praecipitium ‘abrupt descent, ’ from praeceps, praecip (it )- ‘steep, headlong. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

precipice

preci |pice |ˈprɛsɪpɪs | ▶noun a very steep rock face or cliff, especially a tall one: we swerved toward the edge of the precipice. ORIGIN late 16th cent. (denoting a headlong fall ): from French précipice or Latin praecipitium ‘abrupt descent ’, from praeceps, praecip (it )- ‘steep, headlong ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

precipice

precipice noun it's amazing how these goats can scale such a precipice: cliff face, cliff, steep cliff, rock face, sheer drop, height, crag, bluff, escarpment, scarp; literary steep.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

precipice

precipice noun cliff face, steep cliff, rock face, sheer drop, cliff, crag, bluff, height, escarpment, scarp, escarp, scar; Scottish linn; S. African krantz; literary steep.

 

French Dictionary

précipice

précipice n. m. nom masculin Abîme. : L ’alpiniste n ’a pas peur des précipices. En montagne, on marche parfois au bord d ’un précipice. SYNONYME gouffre ; ravin . Note Orthographique pré c ipi c e.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

precipice

prec i pice /présəpɪs /名詞 C 1 (山 渓谷などの急な深い )がけ, 絶壁 ; がけっぷち .2 ｟比喩的に ｠窮地 .