单词 | arroyo |
释义 | arroyon. Chiefly U.S. A usually dry, steep-sided gully formed by the action of fast-flowing water in an arid or semi-arid region, esp. in the south-western United States and Mexico.In quot. 1777: a stream or watercourse fed by floodwater. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > valley > [noun] > gorge or ravine cloughc1330 heugha1400 straitc1400 gillc1440 gulfa1533 gull1553 gap1555 coomb1578 gullet1600 nick1606 goyle1617 gully1637 nullah1656 ravine1687 barrancaa1691 kloof1731 ravin1746 water gap1756 gorge1769 arroyo1777 quebrada1787 rambla1789 flume1792 linn1799 cañada1814 gulch1832 cañon1834 canyon1837 khud1837 couloir1855 draw1864 box canyon1869 sitch1888 tangi1901 opena1903 1777 F. Carter Journey Gibraltar to Malaga II. ii. i. 250 Between Gibraltar and Estepona we past twelve large arroyos. 1845 J. C. Frémont Rep. Exploring Exped. Rocky Mts. 252 We discovered..groves of oak trees on a dry arroyo. 1872 C. King Mountaineering in Sierra Nevada vi. 119 At brief intervals, were sharp, narrow arroyos. 1918 W. Cather My Ántonia i. ix. 72 The deep arroyo through which Squaw Creek wound. 1970 D. Brown Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee (1991) ii. 23 A vast and rugged country broken by..steep-banked arroyos. 2002 D. Yetman Guarijios of Sierra Madre ix. 131/2 While an arroyo flows modestly during periods of rain, it usually dries up for a good part of the year. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1777 |
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