"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.
例文
1. It 's unlikely that this gully was produced by nature.
この渓谷は自然に出現したものではあり得ない.
2.The bodies of the three climbers were located at the bottom of a steep gully .
険しい谷の谷底で3人の登山者の遺体が見つかった。
3.The creek had eroded deep into the little gully .
泾水はその狭い河床をひどく浸食した。
4.They clambered up a narrow gully .
彼らは狭い山あいに登った。
5.One cut with my sea- gully ，and the Hispaniola would go humming down the tide.