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ravine

noun
🔊/rəˈviːn/
🔊/rəˈviːn/
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  1. a deep, very narrow valley with steep sides沟壑；溪谷
    • The track continued along the bottom of the ravine.这条小路顺着溪谷的底部向前延伸。
    Topics Geographyc1
    Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French, ‘violent rush (of water)’, from Latin rapina ‘pillage’, from rapere ‘seize’.