| 单词 | gulf of fire |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgulf of fire a. A yawning chasm or abyss; an opening in the earth produced by an earthquake or volcanic action; a vast ravine or gorge. a fiery gulf, gulf of fire: an abyss full of flame. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hole or pit > [noun] > abyss swallowa700 deepnessa1000 deep1393 abysmc1475 dungeonc1475 depth1523 gulfa1533 downfall1542 hell-kettle1577 abysmus1611 vorago1654 under-abyss1662 purgatory1766 fosse1805 jaw-hole1840 the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > valley > [noun] > gorge or ravine cloughc1330 heugha1400 straitc1400 gillc1440 gulfa1533 gull1553 gap1555 coomb1578 gullet1600 nick1606 goyle1617 gully1637 nullah1656 ravine1687 barrancaa1691 kloof1731 ravin1746 water gap1756 gorge1769 arroyo1777 quebrada1787 rambla1789 flume1792 linn1799 cañada1814 gulch1832 cañon1834 canyon1837 khud1837 couloir1855 draw1864 box canyon1869 sitch1888 tangi1901 opena1903 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > extension downwards or depth > [noun] > great or considerable depth > deep place, part, or thing piteOE bottomOE swallowa1100 profundity?a1425 abysmc1475 bisme1483 gulfa1533 abyss1538 fathom1608 profound1640 a well of a1843 subterranean1912 a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1539) C c We go suerlie ouer the bridge, and yet we will goe an other waie: and though the same way be sure, yet we will aduenture into the gulfe. 1563 T. Sackville in W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) Induct. xxxi A deadly gulfe where nought but rubbishe growes. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. v. sig. E3v They..brought the heauy corse..To yawning gulfe of deepe Auernus hole. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies i. i. 3 Epicurus..holdeth, that on the other part of the earth, there is nothing but a chaos and infinite gulph. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iii. ii. 91 Thou hadst rather Follow thine Enemie in a fierie Gulfe . View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 53 The Gulf of Tartarus, which..opens wide His fiery Chaos. View more context for this quotation 1706 J. Potter Archæologia Græca (ed. 2) I. ii. xv. 331 A Gulf being open'd at Rome, Curtius leap'd into it to appease the angry Gods. 1713 E. Young Poem on Last Day ii. 29 A yawning Gulph, and Fiends on every Side, Serene they view. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. 90 [Volcanoes] A gulph two miles over, and so deep that no bottom can be seen. 1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 164 In the gulphs of her Cornubian mines. 1814 R. Southey Roderick i. 108 Gulphs of fire opening beneath his feet. 1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 334 A gulph opened between the little town of Tripergola..and the baths in its suburbs. < as lemmas |
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