probably vertical, cliffs, and gentle sediment-covered terraces,
乃至垂直的峭壁和沉積物覆蓋的緩和的階梯地帶，
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?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
adv. 大概;或許;很可能;備不住;
?? probab=probable可能的+ly表副詞 →可能性
"Most of the story about his private life was probably apocryphal."
有關他私生活的事可能大部分都是虛構的.
近義：likely, maybe, perchance, perhaps, plausibly, possibly
反義：assuredly, absolutely, positively, quite, surely, thoroughly
adj. 垂直的，豎立的;[解]頭頂的;頂點的;[植]縱長的，直上的;
n. 垂直線，垂直面;[建]豎桿;垂直位置;
?? vert轉變+ical...的 → 轉變成直的 → 垂直
"the vertical axis of the graph"
圖的縱軸
近義：plumb
反義：lying, flat
adj. 溫和的;文雅的;高尚的;
vt. 使溫和;使馴服;
n. 蛆;餌;
?? gen “出生,種族”#詞根助記：gen+tle→出身好的→高雅的
"a quiet and gentle man"
溫文爾雅的男士
近義：master, tame, break, domesticate, mellow, mild
反義：impolitic, inconsiderate, loutish, randy, rank, raw
n. [地]沉淀物;沉積物，沉渣;
?? sed(sit)+iment(名詞后綴)→沉淀物；沖擊物；沉淀
"The sediment settled and the water was clear."
雜質沉淀后,水變清了.
近義：lees, precipitate, precipitation, silt, lee, deposit
covered
[[k?v?d]]
a. 隱蔽著的, 掩藏著的, 有屋頂的\\n[建] 涂抹了的, 覆蓋了的, 掩蓋了的
近義：lined, coated, hidden, protected, sheltered, wrapped
反義：open, unclosed, ajar