It showed the ice-encrusted north face of Everest and, below it, the great river of ice known as the Main Rongbuk Glacier, flowing in a sweeping, S-shaped curve down a broad, stony valley.

照片显示珠峰北坡被冰雪所覆盖，在它下面“大绒布”冰河以大幅度弯曲的“S”型曲线穿过广阔并充满岩石的峡谷。

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In calculation models of cutting volume for dredging project, the cross section is usually a special one through survey points, and the curve of the river bed is assumed to be a line or a polyline.

通常疏浚工程中挖槽土方量计算模型的河床横断面是通过测量点的特殊断面，该断面轮廓曲线假定为近似直线或折线。

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A sharp bend or curve, as in a river.

河流的陡弯或急转弯。

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We watched one sitting on the high riverbank, stretching its legs and wandering along the curve of the river, before slumping down in a preferable place further along.

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