precipice

Nghĩa (Tiếng Anh)

  1. A very steep cliff.
  2. (figuratively) The brink of a dangerous situation.
  3. (obsolete) A headlong fall or descent.

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Phát âm là (IPA)
/ˈpɹɛsɪpɪs/
Từ nguyên (Tiếng Anh)

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”).

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