precipice
意味
- 断崖(だんがい),絶壁
- 危機,窮地
例文
Another step, and you will fall down the precipice.
もう一歩進めばあなたはがけから落ちるでしょう。
The climber stayed alert while climbing the precipice.
その登山家はがけを登っている間常にすきがなかった。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
First attested in 1598, from Middle French precipice, from Latin praecipitium (“a steep place”), from praeceps (“steep”), from prae + caput (“head”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“head”). Distantly related to precept through Latin praecipiō (“to teach”), from prae + capiō (“take”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap-, *keh₂p- (“to hold; to seize”).
辞書順で近い単語
precedent preceding precious precipitate precipitation precise