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单词 canyon
释义
canyon
(kænjən )
Word forms: canyons
countable noun
A canyon is a long, narrow valley with very steep sides.
...the Grand Canyon.
Synonyms: gorge, pass, gulf, valley  
Collocations:
canyon floor
Then you walk, exploring the canyon floor by day and camping wild beneath the stars at night.
Times, Sunday Times
That evening, we camped on the canyon floor, where tents had been put up for us.
Times, Sunday Times
This tends to be strenuous and can require climbing high above the canyon floor, unprotected, for long periods of time.
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The gradual recession of the ice left glacial moraines along the canyon floor.
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Urban development spread for some seven miles along the single, narrow road winding up the steep canyon floor.
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canyon wall
The blend of maples, oaks, sumacs and sycamores were all the more vivid against the marbled-gray backdrop of a canyon wall.
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The highway was rebuilt by blasting a path higher up the canyon wall.
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Motorists saw a relocation with several mountain cuts built high up the canyon wall, with a view of the slide and former lake.
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The tunnel uses galleries to provide light and ventilation through the canyon wall to the outside air.
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The trail then goes through the city along the canyon wall to the right.
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deep canyon
Deep canyon walls, strikingly barren, rise up almost vertically from the water.
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There are two kingdoms - a forest and a desert - separated by a deep canyon.
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After dropping over the falls, the creek enters a deep canyon, which extends almost all the way to its mouth.
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The river flows through a deep canyon with 100ft m high basalt cliffs on both sides.
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After the water source this river enters into deep canyon, with (here and there) depth to 350 meters.
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desert canyon
It occurs in dry rocky and sandy desert canyons.
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It grows in scrubby habitat in dry desert canyons.
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On many occasions, the only place for a band to play has been in secluded desert canyons powered by a generator.
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Racing tracks are greatly varied, with settings ranging from wide desert canyons to homely countryside villages, as well as snow-capped mountain ranges.
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narrow canyon
The rest of the river flows in a wild, deep, and narrow canyon mostly undeveloped with the exception of the highway.
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A side trail leads to a narrow canyon, about 300 ft long, where the river flows between walls of basalt.
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The falls are located within a short, narrow canyon.
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The mine, located in the southwest portion of the county, attracted thousands of settlers to the narrow canyon.
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For its first 0.8 mi, the creek follows a narrow canyon southwards.
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sandstone canyon
Here, spiky palm trees seek moisture in the cracks of an ancient sandstone canyon, sheer walls soaring 300ft above the creek bed.
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Settlers going west used this sandstone canyon for collection of fresh water and wagon repairs.
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The views on the drive are spectacular, encompassing red sandstone canyons and sheer rock faces.
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The monument's sandstone canyons and rock spires are visible to the south from the highways.
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steep canyon
In a steep canyon, the side walls of the canyon can also be undercut.
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Exposed graywacke can be observed on high ridges and on the steep canyon walls.
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The remaining survivors leave the camp, and travel to the edge of a steep canyon.
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Urban development spread for some seven miles along the single, narrow road winding up the steep canyon floor.
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The abundance of bats, swifts, and riparian birds provides ample food for peregrines, and suitable eyrie sites are plentiful along the steep canyon walls.
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Translations:
Chinese: 峡谷
Japanese: 渓谷
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