gorge
溪谷,狭路相逢,山峡,峡湾
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- : a narrow cleft with steep, rocky walls, especially one through which a stream runs.
- : a small canyon.
- : a gluttonous meal.
- : something that is swallowed; contents of the stomach.
- : an obstructing mass: an ice gorge.
- : the seam formed at the point where the lapel meets the collar of a jacket or coat.
- : Fortification. the rear entrance or part of a bastion or similar outwork.
- : Also called gorge hook . a primitive type of fishhook consisting of a piece of stone or bone with sharpened ends and a hole or groove in the center for fastening a line.
- : the throat; gullet.
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gorged, gorg·ing.
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The cliffs of the gorge are a thousand feet high in parts, with walls of Nuttall sandstone that provide climbers with more than 1,500 routes.
While the national-preservation status of the majority of the gorge is a concession to local hunters, the group is slated to lose roughly 4,000 acres of hunting grounds in the Lower Gorge with the new designation.
The gorge is home to hundreds of rare species, including the highest concentration of rare plants in Maryland, according to the National Park Service.
Canyoners are constantly concerned about flash floods, but hikers exploring riverside trails and narrow gorges should also be aware of flood potential, because they can happen with little to no warning.
There’s fire on both sides of the Feather River, and the Feather River is just a very steep gorge in many places.
The Gorge has always been a hotbed of radicalism and arms smuggling, but now it is fast becoming a shahid factory.
PANKISI GORGE, Georgia—The mother of martyrs, a woman in her fifties, is delicately beautiful and visibly in pain.
BIRKIANI, Georgia — Time seems to stop in this sleepy Georgian village high in the green mountains of the Pankisi Gorge.
The Pankisi Gorge is a beautiful place, but it does not offer big opportunities to the local boys.
And he is said to be luring more young Muslims from his home region in the Pankisi Gorge to join his insurgency forces.