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单词 arroyo
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arroyon.

Brit. /əˈrɔɪəʊ/, U.S. /əˈrɔɪˌ(j)oʊ/
Forms: 1700s– arroyo, 1800s arroya (irregular), 1900s aroya (irregular), 1900s– 'royo (U.S. regional (south-western)).
Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish arroyo.
Etymology: < Spanish arroyo (11th cent.) < post-classical Latin arrogium (775 in a Spanish source), of uncertain origin; perhaps < the same base as classical Latin runcāre to weed (see runcation n.), or perhaps a loanword < a pre-Romance substrate language.Compare Portuguese arroio (10th cent.). The form 'royo is aphetic.
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.
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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).
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