ra·vine /rəˈvin/
峽谷,山峽,谿谷
Rav·en, v. i. To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity. [Written also ravin, and ravine.]
Benjamin shall raven as a wolf. --Gen. xlix. 27.
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Rav·en n. [Written also ravin, and ravine.]
1. Rapine; rapacity.
2. Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.
Rav·in, Rav·ine n. Food obtained by violence; plunder; prey; raven. “Fowls of ravyne.”
Though Nature, red in tooth and claw
With ravine, shrieked against his creed. --Tennyson.
Rav·in, Rav·ine, v. t. & i. See Raven, v. t. & i.
Ra·vine n.
1. A torrent of water. [Obs.]
2. A deep and narrow hollow, usually worn by a stream or torrent of water; a gorge; a mountain cleft.
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ravine
n : a deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one formed by
running water)