gully

• n. 冲沟；水沟
• vt. 在…上开沟
• vi. 形成沟
• n. (Gully)人名；(法)居利；(英)格利

来自词根gull, 吞食，词源同glut, gullet. 引申义食道，深沟。

1. It's unlikely that this gully was produced by nature.

这个溪谷不大可能是自然出现的.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. The bodies of the three climbers were located at the bottom of a steep gully.

在陡峭的隘谷谷底找到了3名登山者的遗体。

来自柯林斯例句

3. The creek had eroded deep into the little gully.

泾水把那狭窄的河床浸蚀得很厉害.

来自辞典例句

4. They clambered up a narrow gully.

他们爬上了一条狭窄的山沟.

来自辞典例句

5. One cut with my sea - gully, and the Hispaniola would go humming down the tide.

只要我用水手折刀一割, 西斯潘尼奥拉号就会被潮水冲走.

来自英汉文学 - 金银岛

gully (n.)

"channel in earth made by running water," 1650s, possibly a variant of Middle English golet "water channel" (see gullet). Gully-washer, American English colloquial for "heavy rainstorm," attested by 1887.