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单词 cliffy
释义

cliffy

See also: Cliffy

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪfi

Etymology 1

cliff + -y

Adjective

cliffy (comparative cliffier, superlative cliffiest)

  1. Abounding in cliffs.
    • 1865, Henry David Thoreau, Cape Cod, Chapter IX. "The Sea and the Desert", page 176.
      There is naked Nature,—inhumanly sincere, wasting no thought on man, nibbling at the cliffy shore where gulls wheel amid the spray.
    • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, OCLC 1167497017:
      Where did they all live? I wondered. My curiosity was soon destined to be gratified. Turning to the left the string of litters followed the cliffy sides of the crater for a distance of about half a mile, or perhaps a little less, and then halted.
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Translations

Noun

cliffy (plural cliffies)

  1. (slang) A cliffhanger (dramatic stopping point in a story).
    • 2016, Lexy Timms, No Rush
      All your questions won't be answered in the first book. It may end on a cliffhanger that leads into book 2. It's a mild cliffy, but it's there none the less.
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