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单词 coulee
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Definition of coulee in English:

coulee

nounˈkuːli
  • 1A short flow of viscous lava.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The remaining magma as lava domes and coulees was extruded with some associated subplinian or vulcanian explosive activity.
    • The late-stage lava coulees and domes are most evolved.
    • The bulk of the T2 magma is represented by the lava domes and coulees, which are the most evolved.
  • 2North American A deep ravine.

    〈北美〉深峡谷;深沟壑

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Once in the bog at the bottom of the coulee, one can see that the high grass is covered with grey silt.
    • I also do not expect the flood pathway stories to tell that the flood eroded, in several days, 50 cubic miles of basalt and silt that resulted in deep vertical-walled coulees with flat bottoms.
    • It has rolling hills, valleys, ravines and coulees, ideal for stalking.
    • They settled in coulees and river valleys where permanent water and wild hay grew and could sustain them year-round.
    • The badlands are significant due to the plethora of fossils and dinosaur bones that have been recovered in the slowly eroding hoodoos, narrow valleys and bone-dry coulees.

Origin

Early 19th century: from French coulée '(lava) flow', from couler 'to flow', from Latin colare 'to strain or flow', from colum 'strainer'.

Definition of coulee in US English:

coulee

noun
  • 1North American A deep ravine.

    〈北美〉深峡谷;深沟壑

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Once in the bog at the bottom of the coulee, one can see that the high grass is covered with grey silt.
    • The badlands are significant due to the plethora of fossils and dinosaur bones that have been recovered in the slowly eroding hoodoos, narrow valleys and bone-dry coulees.
    • They settled in coulees and river valleys where permanent water and wild hay grew and could sustain them year-round.
    • I also do not expect the flood pathway stories to tell that the flood eroded, in several days, 50 cubic miles of basalt and silt that resulted in deep vertical-walled coulees with flat bottoms.
    • It has rolling hills, valleys, ravines and coulees, ideal for stalking.
  • 2A lava flow.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The late-stage lava coulees and domes are most evolved.
    • The remaining magma as lava domes and coulees was extruded with some associated subplinian or vulcanian explosive activity.
    • The bulk of the T2 magma is represented by the lava domes and coulees, which are the most evolved.

Origin

Early 19th century: from French coulée ‘(lava) flow’, from couler ‘to flow’, from Latin colare ‘to strain or flow’, from colum ‘strainer’.

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