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canyon

/kan-yuhn/US // ˈkæn yən //UK // (ˈkænjən) //

峡谷,山谷,大峡谷,谷仓

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a deep valley with steep sides, often with a stream flowing through it.

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Examples

  • Given how many visitors pose near the rim of the canyon for selfies, you might assume that most visitors have died by falling from its high ledges.

  • After five hours on dusty freeways and then winding forest roads, we found ourselves transported into a remote granite canyon full of sky-high crumbling rock formations and trees as thick as houses.

  • Both pilots were maneuvering around scattered cumulus clouds to get a better view of the canyon, and both entered the same cloud, making it impossible for them to see each other.

  • Today, the crater is a bleak expanse of rock canyons and windswept sand.

  • The amenities are minimal at best and the uninsulated container will be chilly on winter nights, but if close to the canyon is what you’re after, you’ve found it.

  • So when my wife and I moved to Laurel Canyon I spent my first year working night and day on the show.

  • It was on a hike to the Grand Canyon at age 18 that Shattuck penned her first bucket list.

  • As he entered the canyon, he clutched his chest and fell to the sidewalk.

  • The Biggest Loser is back for its 16th season, with its “Comeback Canyon” edition featuring former athletes.

  • The protest at Recapture Canyon was non-violent, though there were guns present.

  • And presently we galloped across a mile or two of level grassland and pulled up on the very brink of Sage Creek canyon.

  • Cautiously we retraced our steps from the lower end of the flat, and turned into the narrow mouth of the canyon.

  • Then dawn flung itself impetuously across the hills, and the naked rim of the canyon took form in a shifting whirl of smoke.

  • Then he broke off, and when he next gave hint of his whereabouts, it was to hail us from the nearest point on the canyon rim.

  • Stooping, lest our heads furnish a target, we splashed along in the shallow water till we reached the mouth of the canyon.

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