A ravine is a deep, narrow valley with steep sides, often with a stream cutting along the bottom. It is sharper and tighter than an ordinary valley: you go down into it, and the walls rise close beside you.

A ravine峽谷（深谷） is是 a deep, narrow valley with steep sides一種又深又窄、兩壁陡峭的山谷, often with a stream cutting along the bottom底部常常有溪流切過。It它 is sharper and tighter than an ordinary valley比一般山谷更陡、更窄: you你 go down into it走下去的時候, and the walls rise close beside you兩側的壁會緊貼著你陡然升起。

Hikers, map-makers, and news reports about floods or landslides use the word.

Hikers, map-makers, and news reports about floods or landslides登山客、繪圖師、還有報導水災或土石流的新聞 use the word都會用這個字。

Though actually, people stretch it. A little washed-out ditch may get called a ravine when a careful speaker would say gully, and a huge open gorge may get the same word when canyon would fit better. A ravine sits in the middle — bigger than a ditch, narrower and more sudden than a wide canyon — and water is usually part of the picture, even if you only hear it.

Though actually不過其實, people大家 stretch it把這個字用得有點鬆。A little washed-out ditch一條被沖出來的小水溝 may get called a ravine有時候也會被叫做ravine, when a careful speaker would say gully而細心一點的人會說gully, and a huge open gorge一個很大、開闊的峽谷 may get the same word也可能被叫同一個字, when canyon would fit better而其實canyon更合適。A ravine峽谷 sits in the middle位置就在中間 — bigger than a ditch比水溝大, narrower and more sudden than a wide canyon比寬闊的canyon窄、也更陡然 — and water而水 is usually part of the picture通常也是畫面的一部分, even if you only hear it即使你只是聽得到。