canyonn.

Brit.

/ˈkanjən/, U.S.

/ˈkænjən/

Forms: Also kanyon.

Etymology: A phonetic spelling of Spanish cañon, designed to represent the proper spoken word: compare canion n.

= cañon n.³

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

1837 O. Russell Jrnl. (1955) 61 A deep narrow kanyon of rock.

1841 T. J. Farnham Trav. Great W. Prairies (1843) I. v. 267 About midway from the Great Gap and the Kenyon of the south Fork of the Platte.

1841 T. J. Farnham Trav. Great W. Prairies (1843) I. v. 268 This Kenyon terminates thirty miles above the Gulf.

1861 R. F. Burton City of Saints 117 (note) The Spanish cañon—Americanised to kanyon—signifies a..ravine of peculiar form, common in this part of America.

1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind iii. 39 Traversed a kanyon or ravine.

1878 W. Black Green Pastures xiii. 103 To explore the neighbouring canyons.

1946 National Geographic Mag. Jan. 33/2 High pine-studded canyons.

Draft additions September 2013

2. North American. A city street with very tall buildings on both sides (fancifully likened to a river running through a gorge).

ΚΠ

1899 Critic (N.Y.) Nov. 1018 These heaven-aspiring structures were only beginning to turn the street into a canyon.

a1911 D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) II. ii. 19 She was soon in Broadway's deep canyon, was drifting absently along in the stream of..workers pushing southwards.

1947 Los Angeles Times 16 Feb. ii. 1/3 Downtown Los Angeles' haze-filled canyons.

2004 Wanderlust June 50/1 Trickling through the city's steel-and-glass canyons I could just make out dwindling streams of rush-hour traffic.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

canyonv.

Etymology: < canyon n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcanyon.

1. intransitive. To flow in or into a canyon.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > action of river > flow (of river) [verb (intransitive)] > flow into canyon

canyon1869

1869 S. Bowles Summer Vacation Colorado 25 They ‘canyon’, as, by making a verb of the Spanish noun, the people of the country describe the streams as performing the feat of such rock passages.

1870 J. H. Beadle Life in Utah 441 Bear River..forms a great U in Idaho, then turning southwest ‘canyons’ downward three miles.

2. transitive. To cut into canyons.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > erosion or weathering > erode [verb (transitive)] > cut channels or holes

gull1577

rout1726

wash1766

scour1773

gully1775

erode1830

gorge1849

ravine1858

ream1859

channel1862

canyon1878

to plough out1886

cañon1889

incise1893

runnel1920

1878 I. L. Bird Lady's Life Rocky Mts. (1879) xi. 195 Rocks, cleft and canyoned by the river.

1944 Christian Sci. Monitor 26 Dec. The great inland rivers of America, as wide as the Missouri and as canyoned as the Colorado.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	canyon
释义	canyonn. Brit. /ˈkanjən/, U.S. /ˈkænjən/ Forms: Also kanyon. Etymology: A phonetic spelling of Spanish cañon, designed to represent the proper spoken word: compare canion n. = cañon n.³ 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 1837 O. Russell Jrnl. (1955) 61 A deep narrow kanyon of rock. 1841 T. J. Farnham Trav. Great W. Prairies (1843) I. v. 267 About midway from the Great Gap and the Kenyon of the south Fork of the Platte. 1841 T. J. Farnham Trav. Great W. Prairies (1843) I. v. 268 This Kenyon terminates thirty miles above the Gulf. 1861 R. F. Burton City of Saints 117 (note) The Spanish cañon—Americanised to kanyon—signifies a..ravine of peculiar form, common in this part of America. 1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind iii. 39 Traversed a kanyon or ravine. 1878 W. Black Green Pastures xiii. 103 To explore the neighbouring canyons. 1946 National Geographic Mag. Jan. 33/2 High pine-studded canyons. Draft additions September 2013 2. North American. A city street with very tall buildings on both sides (fancifully likened to a river running through a gorge). ΚΠ 1899 Critic (N.Y.) Nov. 1018 These heaven-aspiring structures were only beginning to turn the street into a canyon. a1911 D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) II. ii. 19 She was soon in Broadway's deep canyon, was drifting absently along in the stream of..workers pushing southwards. 1947 Los Angeles Times 16 Feb. ii. 1/3 Downtown Los Angeles' haze-filled canyons. 2004 Wanderlust June 50/1 Trickling through the city's steel-and-glass canyons I could just make out dwindling streams of rush-hour traffic. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2022). canyonv. Etymology: < canyon n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcanyon. 1. intransitive. To flow in or into a canyon. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > action of river > flow (of river) [verb (intransitive)] > flow into canyon canyon1869 1869 S. Bowles Summer Vacation Colorado 25 They ‘canyon’, as, by making a verb of the Spanish noun, the people of the country describe the streams as performing the feat of such rock passages. 1870 J. H. Beadle Life in Utah 441 Bear River..forms a great U in Idaho, then turning southwest ‘canyons’ downward three miles. 2. transitive. To cut into canyons. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > erosion or weathering > erode [verb (transitive)] > cut channels or holes gull1577 rout1726 wash1766 scour1773 gully1775 erode1830 gorge1849 ravine1858 ream1859 channel1862 canyon1878 to plough out1886 cañon1889 incise1893 runnel1920 1878 I. L. Bird Lady's Life Rocky Mts. (1879) xi. 195 Rocks, cleft and canyoned by the river. 1944 Christian Sci. Monitor 26 Dec. The great inland rivers of America, as wide as the Missouri and as canyoned as the Colorado. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1837v.1869
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