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单词 ravine
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Definition of ravine in English:

ravine

noun rəˈviːnrəˈvin
  • A deep, narrow gorge with steep sides.

    沟壑;皱谷,冲沟

    Example sentencesExamples
    • As they crested the hill, Paragon saw that this side of the ravine was not so steep.
    • The island is crumpled by mountains and creased by deep ravines just begging to be explored.
    • More-over it is divided by long traces of waterfall and steep ravines and there are slithery slopes of shale.
    • Within the space of a few minutes, I was at the river edge in the bottom of a deep ravine.
    • I can hide from the patrols, using ravines and deep gorges.
    • When no gunshots followed, he continued to roll down the side of a ravine towards the swollen river below.
    • However, the gorges and ravines were breathtaking.
    • Some of the cracks were small, yet some were very large, like a ravine or a gorge.
    • Glaciers from this great mass of ice extend through mountain valleys and ravines to reach coastline fjords at many points.
    • From the volcanoes, scores of streams race through the jungle down deep ravines.
    • But the holes soon become bracketed by trees and tumble down side slopes, across ravines and up hills.
    • The plane had skidded into a ravine in a wooded area off Highway 401, the busiest freeway in Canada.
    • Its capital is the pretty little city, also called Luxembourg, which is surrounded on three sides by ravines.
    • They sit beside every road junction, crown every hilltop, lie deep in the bottom of the island's wildest ravines.
    • Steep hills, mountains, and ravines with narrow areas of flat terrain characterize the interior.
    • You can hike ravines like Emma Gorge, arriving at a circular pool fed by waters plunging over a high cliff.
    • Washington in this area is quite hilly and Rock Creek Park has some very steep ravines.
    • It can be detected in the deep boulder-strewn ravines that cut across the moors.
    • On either side of the mountains, there were ravines.
    • The area where the accident happened is a narrow ravine behind Buckden village where there are a number of waterfalls.
    Synonyms
    canyon, gully, pass, defile, couloir, deep narrow valley
    gorge, canyon, gully, pass, defile, couloir, gap

Derivatives

  • ravined

  • adjective

Origin

Late 18th century: from French, 'violent rush (of water)' (see ravin).

Rhymes

Aberdeen, Amin, aquamarine, baleen, bean, been, beguine, Benin, between, canteen, careen, Claudine, clean, contravene, convene, cuisine, dean, Dene, e'en, eighteen, fascine, fedayeen, fifteen, figurine, foreseen, fourteen, Francine, gean, gene, glean, gombeen, green, Greene, Halloween, intervene, Janine, Jean, Jeannine, Jolene, Kean, keen, Keene, Ladin, langoustine, latrine, lean, limousine, machine, Maclean, magazine, Malines, margarine, marine, Mascarene, Massine, Maxine, mean, Medellín, mesne, mien, Moline, moreen, mujahedin, Nadine, nankeen, Nazarene, Nene, nineteen, nougatine, obscene, palanquin, peen, poteen, preen, quean, Rabin, Racine, ramin, routine, Sabine, saltine, sardine, sarin, sateen, scene, screen, seen, serene, seventeen, shagreen, shebeen, sheen, sixteen, spleen, spring-clean, squireen, Steen, submarine, supervene, tambourine, tangerine, teen, terrine, thirteen, transmarine, treen, tureen, Tyrrhene, ultramarine, umpteen, velveteen, wean, ween, Wheen, yean Gavin, ravin, savin, spavin

Definition of ravine in US English:

ravine

nounrəˈvinrəˈvēn
  • A deep, narrow gorge with steep sides.

    沟壑;皱谷,冲沟

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Glaciers from this great mass of ice extend through mountain valleys and ravines to reach coastline fjords at many points.
    • The area where the accident happened is a narrow ravine behind Buckden village where there are a number of waterfalls.
    • The island is crumpled by mountains and creased by deep ravines just begging to be explored.
    • On either side of the mountains, there were ravines.
    • More-over it is divided by long traces of waterfall and steep ravines and there are slithery slopes of shale.
    • From the volcanoes, scores of streams race through the jungle down deep ravines.
    • However, the gorges and ravines were breathtaking.
    • Some of the cracks were small, yet some were very large, like a ravine or a gorge.
    • But the holes soon become bracketed by trees and tumble down side slopes, across ravines and up hills.
    • When no gunshots followed, he continued to roll down the side of a ravine towards the swollen river below.
    • Steep hills, mountains, and ravines with narrow areas of flat terrain characterize the interior.
    • It can be detected in the deep boulder-strewn ravines that cut across the moors.
    • Washington in this area is quite hilly and Rock Creek Park has some very steep ravines.
    • The plane had skidded into a ravine in a wooded area off Highway 401, the busiest freeway in Canada.
    • As they crested the hill, Paragon saw that this side of the ravine was not so steep.
    • I can hide from the patrols, using ravines and deep gorges.
    • You can hike ravines like Emma Gorge, arriving at a circular pool fed by waters plunging over a high cliff.
    • They sit beside every road junction, crown every hilltop, lie deep in the bottom of the island's wildest ravines.
    • Within the space of a few minutes, I was at the river edge in the bottom of a deep ravine.
    • Its capital is the pretty little city, also called Luxembourg, which is surrounded on three sides by ravines.
    Synonyms
    canyon, gully, pass, defile, couloir, deep narrow valley
    gorge, canyon, gully, pass, defile, couloir, gap

Origin

Late 18th century: from French, ‘violent rush (of water)’ (see ravin).

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