ravine

英 [rəˈviːn]

美 [rəˈviːn]

n.  沟壑; 溪谷

复数：ravines　

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Collins.1 / BNC.16488 / COCA.11413

牛津词典

noun

• 沟壑；溪谷
  a deep and narrow valley with steep sides

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 沟壑；深谷；峡谷；山涧
  Aravineis a very deep narrow valley with steep sides.
  1. The bus is said to have overturned and fallen into a ravine.
     据说巴士发生翻车，跌进了峡谷。

英英释义

noun

• a deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one formed by running water)

双语例句

• We went across the small ravine, but stashed the bikes in the bushes, as is our tradition.
  我们过了小山谷，但把车子藏到了灌木丛中。
• The soldiers shot down into the ravine.
  士兵们向下往深谷里开枪。
• Beyond the fourth cave are a small ravine and a monastery, consisting of several temples.
  远离4号洞是一条小峡谷和一座僧院，由几个寺庙组成。
• Then we dropped, hit the bottom of what must have been a ravine and began sliding.
  接着，我们便坠落地面，撞到了什么地方的底部（我猜大概是个沟），并开始滑行。
• Gradually the deep ravine became shallower.
  那条深谷渐渐变浅了。
• The river washed a ravine into the mountainside.
  河流在山的半山腰冲出了一条沟壑。
• The capricious ravine of streets did not cut this block of houses into too disproportionate slices.
  横七竖八的街道，并没有把这一片房屋切成大小过于参差不齐的碎块。
• She fell five metres to the bottom of the ravine.
  她向下跌了五米，掉入谷底。
• Passing through the ravine, they came to a hollow.
  穿过峡谷之后，他们就看到了一个山凹。
• The river had worn a ravine between the hills.
  那条河在两山之间已造成一个深谷。