Gully



GRE 蓝宝

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.小峡谷
• ［类］ gully : erosion / callus : friction ( 侵蚀形成峡谷 / 摩擦形成老茧)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun (plural gullies)

• Etymology: short for English dialect gully knife
• Date: 1582
• dialect British a large knife

II. noun also gulley (plural gullies)

• Etymology: obsolete English gully gullet, probably alteration of Middle English golet ravine, throat
• Date: 1637
• 1. a trench which was originally worn in the earth by running water and through which water often runs after rains
• 2. a small valley or gulch

III. verb (gullied; gullying)

• Date: 1754
• transitive verb
  • to make gullies in
• intransitive verb
  • to undergo erosion ; form gullies

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