barranca

/buh-rang-kuh; Spanish bahr-rahng-kah/US // bəˈræŋ kə; Spanish bɑrˈrɑŋ kɑ //UK // (bəˈræŋkə) //

巴兰卡,巴朗卡,巴拉卡,巴伦西亚

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural bar·ran·cas [buh-rang-kuhz; Spanish bahr-rahng-kahs]. /bəˈræŋ kəz; Spanish bɑrˈrɑŋ kɑs/.
- : a steep-walled ravine or gorge.
- : a gully with steep sides; arroyo.

A gully cut through the walls of the barranca at a sharp angle, and the pack-trail followed the bottom of the depression.
Before the barranca and the Black Caon were reached, a quivering line of gray had run along the tops of the eastern hills.
It was now agreed that we should all ride down the side of the barranca together, until we could find a place to descend into it.
It was a bright July morning four months after that fatal fight in the Spanish barranca.
Right on up the barranca—towards the mountains—and they did not stop for food.