canyon

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
发音 kănʹ-yən

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.
    — After we have crossed the Glenderamackin stream, which drains the northern slopes of Saddleback, and the latter has united with the St. John's Beck to form the Greta, however, we see ahead the miniature canyon the Greta has hollowed out for itself, and into the depth of which the train now descends.
动词 v.
  1. Of water, liquid, or another substance, to flow in or into a canyon. intransitive

词形变化

canyons plural cañon alternative cañón alternative canyons present,singular,third-person canyoning participle,present canyoned participle,past canyoned past cañon alternative cañón alternative

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Spanish cañón. Doublet of cannon.
词源 2
Borrowed from Spanish cañón. Doublet of cannon.
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