A track or passage hollowed out, cut, or excavated in the ground or a natural surface.
| 单词 | θ2421 |
| 释义 | the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hollow or depression > [noun] > notch or channel (7) rut?1611 A track or passage hollowed out, cut, or excavated in the ground or a natural surface. sluit1818 A channel, ditch, or gully, usually one formed by heavy rain and dry during the greater part of the year. overflow channel1863 a channel formed by or for the overflow of a fluid; (Geography) a natural notch or channel formed by water overflowing from a lake (cf. sense 4b). overflow1883 Geography. The place at which water overflows from a lake; (also) spec. a natural notch or channel formed at this point (cf. overflow channel n.… swilly1899 ‘A hollow place;‥a gutter washed out of the soil’ (Eng. Dial. Dict.). spillway1914 Physical Geography. A natural feature providing a channel for the overflow or escape of water from a lake. flute1935 A similar groove or channel in any material. In Botany: see quot. 1728. |
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