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canyon
英 ['kænjən] 美
这里集中整理“canyon”的音标、翻译、词源、例句和近反义词，方便快速确认词义并顺手做词汇积累。
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翻译 · 词源 · 例句- n. 峡谷
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词源 · 例句 · 用法词态变化
复数: canyons;
助记提示
1. canal, cane => canyon.
2. can-, cann- "reed, tube" => canal, cane, canyon, cannon.
经常把河流比着地球的血管，其实峡谷又何尝不是如此了，只是没有水流动而已。
2. can-, cann- "reed, tube" => canal, cane, canyon, cannon.
经常把河流比着地球的血管，其实峡谷又何尝不是如此了，只是没有水流动而已。
中文词源
canyon 狭谷
来自cane, 芦苇。-on,大词后缀。因狭谷形如大芦苇而得名。
英文词源
- canyon (n.)
- "narrow valley between cliffs," 1834, from Mexican Spanish cañon, extended sense of Spanish cañon "a pipe, tube; deep hollow, gorge," augmentative of cano "a tube," from Latin canna "reed" (see cane (n.)). But earlier spelling callon (1560s) might suggest a source in calle "street."
双语例句
- 1. Far up the west rim of the canyon, a coyote yipped twice.
- 远处峡谷的西缘，一只丛林狼嚎叫了两声。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. We hiked the Grand Canyon, exploring Indian cliff dwellings.
- 我们去大峡谷徒步旅行，探究印第安人的崖居。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. They lived over around Coyote Canyon someplace.
- 他们住在凯奥特峡谷一带。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. The Grand Canyon in the USA is 1900 metres deep.
- 美国的大峡谷1900米深.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. He felt wonder mingled with awe at the Grand Canyon.
- 面对着大峡谷,他又惊奇又敬畏.
来自《简明英汉词典》