anticline
noun /ˈæntiklaɪn/
/ˈæntiklaɪn/
(geology- an area of ground where layers of rock in the earth’s surface have been folded into a curve that is higher in the middle than at the ends
compare syncline背斜(指地球表面岩层叠起成弧状、中间高于边缘的区域) 词源mid 19th cent.: from anti- + Greek klinein ‘lean’, on the pattern of incline.