名詞 ridge:

1. a long narrow natural elevation or striation
2. any long raised strip
3. a long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean
4. a long narrow range of hills
   同義詞：ridgeline
5. any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane
6. a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters
   同義詞：ridgepole, rooftree

動詞 ridge:

1. extend in ridges
2. plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip
3. throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides
4. spade into alternate ridges and troughs
5. form into a ridge

1. The floor of the atlantic ridge in the middle from north to south.
   大西洋洋底在中部形成由北向南的海脊。
2. The evening before the battle, Wellington took up a defensive position along, and to the rear of, a long ridge.
   那場戰(zhàn)斗的前夜，威靈頓沿一條長長的山脊背后占據(jù)了一個防守陣地。
3. He walked along the mountain ridge.
   他順著山脊走。
4. His forehead was ridged with anxiety.
   他的前額因焦慮而布滿了皺紋。

ridge

n.（名詞）
A long narrow upper section or crest:
背脊，峰，隆起線：長而狹窄的上部或顛峰：
例句：
the ridge of a wave.
波峰

A long narrow chain of hills or mountains.Also called ridgeline
山脊，山脈：丘陵或大山的狹長山脈也作 ridgeline
A long narrow elevation on the ocean floor.
海脊：海底狹長的隆起部分
Meteorology An elongated zone of relatively high atmospheric pressure.Also called wedge
【氣象學(xué)】 高壓脊：大氣氣壓相對較高的延長地帶也作 wedge
A long, narrow, or crested part of the body:
背，背梁：身體上狹長或有羽冠的部分：
例句：
the ridge of the nose.
鼻梁

The horizontal line formed by the juncture of two sloping planes, especially the line formed by the surfaces at the top of a roof.
屋脊：由兩個斜面相結(jié)合而形成的水平線，尤指在屋頂上由表面所形成的線
A narrow, raised strip, as in cloth or on plowed ground.
皺摺，田埂：衣服上或犁過的田里狹窄隆起的條帶
v.（動詞）
ridged,ridg.ing,ridg.es
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To mark with, form into, or provide with ridges.
使成脊狀，使隆起：以帶有隆起物為特點的，形成隆起物，提供隆起物
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To form ridges.
使成脊狀

來源：
Middle English rigge
中古英語 rigge
from Old English hrycg * see sker- 2
源自 古英語 hrycg *參見 sker- 2