单词 | gulch |
释义 | Related topics: Geographygulch /ɡʌltʃ/ noun [countable] American English SGa narrow deep valley formed in the past by flowing water, but usually dry now 〔过去由流水冲刷形成,但现在通常已干涸的〕峡谷,沟壑Examples from the Corpusgulch• Crawling at a walk up the darkening gulch, they ate.• We followed down along the dry gulch, and what we saw was terrible.• The soldiers had followed along the gulch, as they ran, and murdered them in there.• She forgot the excitement down below, she forgot the misunderstanding that had kept them silent down the gulch.• It's a long way down into the gulch.Origin gulch (1800-1900) Perhaps from gulch “to swallow” ((13-19 centuries))gulch nounChinese narrow formed in Corpus by flowing past the valley a deep |
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