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Definition of canyon in English: canyonnoun ˈkanjənˈkænjən A deep gorge, typically one with a river flowing through it, as found in North America. （尤指北美有河流流过的）峡谷 in place names the Grand Canyon Example sentencesExamples - We're utilizing the helicopters in some of the rough area to get into those deep, steep canyons.
- She could barely see the outline of a river winding lazily through the canyon.
- The book was an argument for preventing further dams in the Colorado River canyons.
- While on the subject of canyons, there are some really spectacular underwater canyons off Great Dog Island to the west of Tortola.
- Towering bridges crossed creeks, ravines and canyons, while down below huge waves swept across rocks and deserted beaches.
- There is no place as mysterious or haunting as the canyons and valleys of the American Southwest.
- The helicopter then descended into the bottom of the canyon and landed on one side of the Colorado River.
- Crops were withering, cattle were dying, and the river that once sculpted canyons was a trickle.
- Three fascinating cultures converge in the red rock canyons of Mesa Verde.
- Camping and fishing are available down in the Pecos River canyon or you can hike up on the mesa.
- Oak woodland develops best in moist, protected canyons and valleys with deep alluvial soils.
- It's a hard battle though because when you're at the bottom of a vast canyon looking up, it seems a hell of a climb to the top.
- We've all seen earlier images of the Mars surface, which showed valleys and canyons.
- The photography group go south again for the day, sheltered from the westerly wind to dive a maze of deep, narrow canyons.
- Before long, more prospectors arrived and followed the gold trail up the canyons to the west of the river.
- The trip passes by waterfalls, forests, canyons, valleys, sinkholes and caves.
- The canyon opened into vast boulder fields, where the river sometimes disappeared in the distance.
- The coastline is varied, dramatic and rugged, cut with caves, gullies, canyons and sheer cliffs.
- The trip in March 2005 includes five days and nights in the Sierra del Escambray mountains and treks through limestone canyons.
- Outlanders often refuse to believe that Texas even has canyons or mountains, but this range is no mirage.
Synonyms ravine, gorge, gully, pass, defile, couloir chasm, abyss, gulf North American gulch, coulee, flume American Spanish arroyo, barranca, quebrada Indian nullah, khud South African sloot, kloof, donga rare khor
OriginMid 19th century: from Spanish cañón 'tube', based on Latin canna 'reed, cane'. cannon from Late Middle English: This large heavy piece of artillery derives its name from French canon, from Italian cannone ‘large tube’, from canna ‘cane, reed, tube’. Soldiers have been called cannon fodder, no more than material to be used up in war, since the late 19th century—the expression is a translation of German Kanonenfutter. Shakespeare did encapsulate a similar idea much earlier, with his phrase ‘food for powder’ in Henry IV Part 1. Canna or its Greek equivalent kanna is the base of a number of other words in English, as well as giving us the name of the canna lily (mid 17th century), which gets its name from the shape of its leaves. Some reflect the use of the plants for making things, some their hollow stems. Canes (Middle English) are basically the same plant. Canister (Late Middle English) was originally a basket from Latin canistrum ‘basket for bread, fruit, or flowers’, from Greek kanastron ‘wicker basket’, from kanna. Canal (Late Middle English) and channel (Middle English) both come via French from Latin canalis ‘pipe, groove, channel’ from canna, and share a source with the Italian pasta cannelloni (mid 19th century). The medical cannula (late 17th century) was originally a ‘small reed’; a canyon (mid 19th century) is from Spanish cañón ‘tube’ from canna.
Definition of canyon in US English: canyonnounˈkanyənˈkænjən A deep gorge, typically one with a river flowing through it. （尤指北美有河流流过的）峡谷 in place names the Grand Canyon Example sentencesExamples - The trip passes by waterfalls, forests, canyons, valleys, sinkholes and caves.
- The trip in March 2005 includes five days and nights in the Sierra del Escambray mountains and treks through limestone canyons.
- She could barely see the outline of a river winding lazily through the canyon.
- While on the subject of canyons, there are some really spectacular underwater canyons off Great Dog Island to the west of Tortola.
- It's a hard battle though because when you're at the bottom of a vast canyon looking up, it seems a hell of a climb to the top.
- We've all seen earlier images of the Mars surface, which showed valleys and canyons.
- Outlanders often refuse to believe that Texas even has canyons or mountains, but this range is no mirage.
- Oak woodland develops best in moist, protected canyons and valleys with deep alluvial soils.
- There is no place as mysterious or haunting as the canyons and valleys of the American Southwest.
- The photography group go south again for the day, sheltered from the westerly wind to dive a maze of deep, narrow canyons.
- The book was an argument for preventing further dams in the Colorado River canyons.
- Camping and fishing are available down in the Pecos River canyon or you can hike up on the mesa.
- Before long, more prospectors arrived and followed the gold trail up the canyons to the west of the river.
- The helicopter then descended into the bottom of the canyon and landed on one side of the Colorado River.
- We're utilizing the helicopters in some of the rough area to get into those deep, steep canyons.
- The canyon opened into vast boulder fields, where the river sometimes disappeared in the distance.
- Three fascinating cultures converge in the red rock canyons of Mesa Verde.
- The coastline is varied, dramatic and rugged, cut with caves, gullies, canyons and sheer cliffs.
- Crops were withering, cattle were dying, and the river that once sculpted canyons was a trickle.
- Towering bridges crossed creeks, ravines and canyons, while down below huge waves swept across rocks and deserted beaches.
Synonyms ravine, gorge, gully, pass, defile, couloir
OriginMid 19th century: from Spanish cañón ‘tube’, based on Latin canna ‘reed, cane’. |