arroyo

IPA/əˈrɔɪəʊ/
KK[ɚˈɔɪo]IPA/əˈrɔɪəʊ/

arroyo — 名詞

  • arroyosingular
  • arroyosplural

1. a dry ditch cut into desert country that fills with fast-moving water for a shor

1.名詞
釋義

旱谷；乾溝

平時乾涸、下雨時才有水的溝谷

a dry ditch cut into desert country that fills with fast-moving water for a short time after storms.

例句

After the storm, Defne watched brown water rush down the arroyo behind her house.

暴風雨過後，Defne 看著褐色的水沿著她家後面的旱谷奔流而下。

after a storm: a dry arroyo fills with rushing water

In summer the arroyo is only sand and stones, so Samir walks his dog there.

夏天這條旱谷只剩沙子和石頭，所以 Samir 會帶狗去那裡散步。

常見搭配
  • dry arroyo
  • deep arroyo
  • cross an arroyo
  • arroyo bed
同義詞
  • gully

    a general word for any channel cut by water, whether it is dry or wet

  • dry creek

    plain everyday phrase for the same idea, with no sense of a desert setting

用法筆記

Countable noun, so a singular use needs a, an, or the, as in 'the arroyo behind her house'.

常見錯誤

We hiked along the aroyo.
We hiked along the arroyo.
the word is spelled with a double r.

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • arroyo bed

常用片語

  • dry arroyo
  • deep arroyo

介系詞搭配

  • along an arroyo
  • across an arroyo
  • down the arroyo