countersunk

[US]/'kaʊntɚsʌŋk/
[UK]/ˈkaʊntɚˌsʌŋk/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

v. 穴を掘る; 表面と平らな頭を持つ; 事前に穴を開ける。

Real-world Examples

The sod comes curving down to the water's edge, forming bossy outswelling banks, and in some places overlapping countersunk boulders and forming bridges.

芝生が水辺に曲がり降り、隆起した堤防を形成し、いくつかの場所では沈んだ岩を重ねて橋を形成しています。

Source: The Mountains of California (Part 1)

Along the rivers there is a strip of bottom-land, countersunk beneath the general level, and wider toward the foot-hills, where magnificent oaks, from three to eight feet in diameter, cast grateful masses of shade over the open, prairie-like levels.

川沿いには、一般的な水準の下に沈んだ底地の帯があり、山麓に向かって広がっていて、直径3フィートから8フィートの素晴らしいオークが、開けた草原のような平地に感謝の影を落としています。

Source: The Mountains of California (Part 2)

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