ravine

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ɹəˈviːn/    美 /ɹəˈvin/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A deep narrow valley or gorge in the earth's surface worn by running water.
    — Sometimes the earth stretched up towards them with peaks of mountains, sometimes it fell away in steep ravines, blue rivers sang to them as they passed above them, or very faintly came the song of breezes in lone orchards, and far away the sea sang mighty dirges of old forsaken isles.
  2. Alternative spelling of ravin. alt-of,alternative,archaic
    — And sure since we were borne, / Ruine of one ravine, was there none gretter: […]
动词 v.
  1. Alternative spelling of ravin. alt-of,alternative,archaic
    — As God was able to ſaue the bodies of his ſeruantes, that they were not hurt in the fire, as he was able to keepe Ionas ſafe, in the whales bellie: ſo can he preſerue our bodies in the earth. Yea, much better, becauſe the fire naturally conſumeth, and the fiſhes bellie deſtroieth thoſe things which they rauine: but the earth naturally preſerueth that which is earthie.
形容词 adj.
  1. Obsolete spelling of ravin. alt-of,obsolete
    — […] I am the cauſe / His death vvas ſo effected: Better 'tvvere / I met the rauine Lyon vvhen he roar'd / VVith ſharpe conſtraint of hunger: better 'tvvere, / That all the miſeries vvhich nature ovves / VVere mine at once.

词形变化

ravines plural ravines plural more ravine comparative most ravine superlative ravines present,singular,third-person ravining participle,present ravined participle,past ravined past

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from French ravin (“a gully”), from Old French raviner (“to pillage, sweep down, cascade”), from ravine (“robbery, rapine; violent rush of water, waterfall, avalanche; impetuosity, spirit”), from Latin rapīna (cf. rapine).
词源 2
See ravin.
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary