ravine

• n. 沟壑，山涧；峡谷

来自古法语 ravine,急流，洪水，来自拉丁语 rapina,抢劫，掠夺，来自 rapere,抓走，夺走，词 源同 rape,rapid.比喻用法。

1. a deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one formed by running water)

ravine

ravine: [15] Ravine and the now seldom encountered rapine ‘plunder’ [15] are essentially the same word. Both come ultimately from Latin rapīna ‘plunder’, a derivative of rapere ‘seize by force’ (from which English gets rape, rapid, rapture, ravenous, etc). This passed directly into English via Old French as rapine, but a variant Old French form also developed, ravine, whose meaning appears to have been influenced by Latin rapidus ‘rapid’.

It denoted ‘violent rush, impetus’ – which is how it was used in its brief and very spasmodic career in Middle English. It did not become firmly established as an English word until the 19th century, when it was reborrowed from French in the sense ‘gorge’ – originally as carved out by a ‘violent rush’ or torrent of water.
=> rape, rapine, rapture

ravine (n.)

1760, "deep gorge," from French ravin "a gully" (1680s, from Old French raviner "to pillage, sweep down, cascade"), and from French ravine "violent rush of water, gully worn by a torrent," from Old French ravine "violent rush of water, waterfall; avalanche; robbery, rapine," both ultimately from Latin rapina "act of robbery, plundering" (see rapine); sense influenced by Latin rapidus "rapid." Middle English ravine meant "booty, plunder, robbery" from c. 1350-1500. Compare ravening.

The bus is said to have overturned and fallen into a ravine.

据说巴士发生翻车，跌进了峡谷。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Alpine Valley ravine, rolling peaks, plunging valleys, waterfalls and vegetation intact.

谷内高山深谷 、 群峰连绵 、 峡谷苍茫 、 瀑布飞流、植被完好.

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Passing through the ravine, they came to a hollow.

穿过峡谷之后, 他们就看到了一个山凹.

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A woman's body was found at the bottom of a ravine, bound and blindfolded.

在谷底发现一名妇女的尸体, 她被捆绑而且被蒙住双眼.

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She went into the ravine, together with the jewels.

她连同那些珠宝一起掉进峡谷里了.

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The straight flow of the brook formed a ravine.

不间断的溪水形成了一个峡谷.

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Nobody said that every ravine leads to a plateau.

不是每个低谷都会通向另一个高原的.

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Going west it ran to Maralah, touched Dabbesheth , and extended to the ravine near Jokneam.

11往西上到玛拉拉, 达到大巴设, 又达到约念前的河.

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Yuan Bao , Zhang's village, sits astride a ravine.

张所居住的元宝村(音)横跨溪谷.

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It was extremely hot in the ravine, which was shut in like a furnace.

在这四面高山的山谷里,热得令人难忍, 就象在一个烧得滚烫的火盆里一样.

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Along the ravine there was a mule path.

沿着这条深谷有一条羊肠小路.

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Saul went to the city of Amalek and set an ambush in the ravine.

5扫罗到了亚玛力的京城,在谷中设下埋伏.

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Then we dropped, hit the bottom of what must have been a ravine and began sliding.

接着,我们便坠落地面, 撞到了什么地方的底部(我猜大概是个沟),并开始滑行.

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Saul went to the city of Amalek and set ambush in the ravine.

扫罗到了亚玛力的京城,在谷中设下埋伏.

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A sheep might easily stumble over a cliff or fall into a ravine and die.

羊很容易在悬崖边绊倒,甚或掉进峡谷.

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Now the task was to just go up this ravine.

现在的任务就是爬上谷顶了.

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Heave the rocks into the ravine.

把这些石头扔进深谷里.

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The river had worn a ravine between the hills.

那条河在两山之间已造成一个深谷.

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The soldiers shot down into the ravine.

士兵们向深谷里射击.

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A ravine delimited the property on the south.

一条沟作为南边那块地产的边界.

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The river washed a ravine into the mountainside.

河流在山的半山腰冲出了一条沟壑.

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My horse jump across the deep ravine, but all the others balk.

我的马跃过深谷, 但其余的马都突然停止不动.

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His enemy was close behind him, and the bridge over the ravine was rotten and swaying.

敌人就在背后, 而前面横跨在深谷之上的桥已经腐朽不堪,摇摇晃晃.

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Mystic lakes and sparkling waterfalls captivate your eyes as you enter the ravine.

当你步入沟中,便可见瀑布舒洒碧玉.

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I'm going to check on the driver. he told Kelly, racing into the ravine.

“我去看看驾车人, ”他对凯丽说着, 往隘谷疾跑下去.

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The bus is said to have overturned and fallen into a ravine.

据说巴士发生翻车，跌进了峡谷。

辞典例句

It'snot just that a gulf exists in living standards— there's a psychological ravine.

不仅仅是生活水平上存在巨大差异，心理上也有鸿沟。

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