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词汇 gulch
释义 gulch
noun[ C ]
USuk /ɡʌltʃ/ us /ɡʌltʃ/
a deep narrow valley with steep sides, especially one formed by fast-flowing water : 隘谷;溪谷;冲沟
At the head of the trail, he stopped to peer down into the gulch.
The storm carved out a gulch where the creek now flows.
Synonym
ravine
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They planned to lay wooden beams over the gulch and drive across.
He lay bleeding and unable to walk at the bottom of a gulch.
He knows every peak, island, gulch, lake, and river of this region.
Several springs and gulches provide water for the mining operation.
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gulch | American Dictionary


gulch
noun[ C ]
us/ɡʌltʃ/
a narrow valley or channel with steep sides, made by a fast-flowing stream

Examples of gulch


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It was found that the country was criss-crossed by ravines and gulches.
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The bird occurred in the understory of densely vegetated gulches, where it often perched motionlessly in a hunched posture.
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This bird occurs in densely vegetated gulches, frequenting the understory where it often perches motionless in a hunched posture.
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The ditch/flume was kept at a much shallower gradient than the floor of the gulch.
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Sudden intense rainfall upstream may produce flash floods in the bed of the gulch.
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The dirt and fine gravel was then washed through the sluices, and the silt was carried off down the gulch.
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During the winter of 1864-65 four log cabins were built equidistant around a large rock obstruction on the narrow floor of the gulch.
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That year, the older cabins in the gulch were torn down due to their deteriorating states.
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Returning to the gulch, he throws his captive to the lion.
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A large gulch stands in the way of future growth till it is bridged.
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Gold is heavy, and the sorting process from water and glacier flow usually results in concentrations of gold down on bedrock along the gulch bottom.
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There were large boulders mixed with gravel along the gulch bottoms.
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Occasional pieces of timber appear in these areas to show that once there were towns and buildings in the gulch.
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Eventually the water in the flumes and ditches was high above the mining sites down on the floor of the gulch.
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After planting a mushroom bed in the gulch where the water was leaving, within a year the coliform count had decreased to nearly undetectable levels.
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