| 释义 |
‖ barranca|bəˈræŋkə|
Also barranco.
[Sp., used in U.S.]
A deep ravine with precipitous sides.
a1691Boyle Hist. Air (1692) xix. 178 The Canary-Birds..breed in the Barrancos of Gills, which the Water has fretted away in the Mountains. 1816C. Smith Jrnl. 9 Apr. in J. K. Tuckey Narr. Exped. R. Zaire (1818) 245 Another barranco was winding its course down to Publico grande. 1829W. Irving Granada I. xii. 112 A barranco, or deep rocky valley. Ibid. II. lxxvii. 226 Threads of water..tinkling down the bottoms of the barrancas or ravines. 1850Prescott Mexico I. 399 Over a deep barranca, or ravine, they crossed. 1939G. Greene Lawless Roads viii. 213 The nearly dry barranca where the women did their washing. |