ravine

• n.ガリー、渓流、渓谷

古フランス語の渓谷、急速な、洪水から、ラテン語のrapinaから、奪う、略奪する、rapereから、つかむ、奪う、rapeと同じ比喩的用法から、急速な。

ravine

ravine: [15] Ravine and the now seldom encountered rapine ‘plunder’ [15] are essentially the same word. Both come ultimately from Latin rapīna ‘plunder’, a derivative of rapere ‘seize by force’ (from which English gets rape, rapid, rapture, ravenous, etc). This passed directly into English via Old French as rapine, but a variant Old French form also developed, ravine, whose meaning appears to have been influenced by Latin rapidus ‘rapid’.

It denoted ‘violent rush, impetus’ – which is how it was used in its brief and very spasmodic career in Middle English. It did not become firmly established as an English word until the 19th century, when it was reborrowed from French in the sense ‘gorge’ – originally as carved out by a ‘violent rush’ or torrent of water.
=> rape, rapine, rapture

ravine (n.)

1760, "deep gorge," from French ravin "a gully" (1680s, from Old French raviner "to pillage, sweep down, cascade"), and from French ravine "violent rush of water, gully worn by a torrent," from Old French ravine "violent rush of water, waterfall; avalanche; robbery, rapine," both ultimately from Latin rapina "act of robbery, plundering" (see rapine); sense influenced by Latin rapidus "rapid." Middle English ravine meant "booty, plunder, robbery" from c. 1350-1500. Compare ravening.

1. The bus is said to have over-turned and fallen into a ravine .

バスが転覆し、峡谷に転落したという。

2.The straight flow of the brook formed a ravine .

途切れない渓水が峡谷を形成している。

3.The river had worn a ravine between the hills.

その川は2つの山の間に深い谷を作っている。

4.Heave the rocks into the ravine .

これらの石を深い谷に投げ込んだ。

5.The soldiers shot down into the ravine .

兵士たちは深い谷に向かって射撃した。