| 单词 | box canyon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbox canyon box canyon n. (also box cañon) U.S. a steep-sided canyon with a comparatively flat bottom, typically closed off at one end by a rock wall or other natural feature. 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 1869 Weekly Arizona Miner 23 Oct. The river..runs through a box canyon God knows how deep, and so wide that a Spencer or Henry rifle could not throw a ball across it. 1873 J. G. Bourke Diary 21 Mar. (2003) I. 73 We descended into a box cañon on Right and made camp. 1890 Harper's Mag. Apr. 725/1 Here the mountain torrents..pass for the most part through dark precipitous box cañons. 2019 Wyoming Tribune-Eagle (Nexis) 2 Oct. (Opinion section) 9 This is a huge box canyon, which is striking because of all the red rock of the Chugwater Formation. < as lemmas |
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