river
['rivə]
n.河, 江, 河流, 水道
例句与用法:
The current strengthened as we moved down the river.
我们顺流而下时,水流更急了。
Navigation is difficult on this river because of the hidden rocks.
因为河上有暗礁,所以在这条河上航行很困难。
The Chuo-shui River is the longest one among them.
浊水溪是其中最长的一条。
The river fed into a lake.
这条河流入一个湖泊。
The Changjiang River is one of the longest rivers in the world.
长江是世界上最长的河流之一。
Growing along the river are tall palm trees.
沿着这条河生长的是高大的棕树。
The Yangtse River is one of the main arteries of traffic in China.
长江是中国的交通要道之一。
The guide led us to the river.
向导带领我们到河边。
n.[C]
1. 江, 河
2. 巨流; 大量[(+of)]
He drinks rivers of tea every day.
他每天喝大量茶水。
river
名词复数:rivers
词义辨析:
同义:
n.支流, 水流, 水道, 巨流
branch
tributary
reach
freshet
waterway
watercourse
stream
race
cataract
cascade
flow
current
torrent
flood
spate
rapids
flux
drift
tide
onrush
run
overflow
storm
estuary
brook
creek
feeder
rill
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noun
- a large natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake, or another such stream
河,江,川;水道
■a large quantity of a flowing substance
巨流;大量
great rivers of molten lava.
熔岩巨流。
the trickle of disclosures has grown into a river of revelations.
点点滴滴地透露的情况已经汇成了一股大曝光的巨流。
■used in names of animals and plants living in or associated with rivers, e.g. river dolphin, river birch
[用于生长在河里或与河流相关的动物和植物的名称中,如river dolphin, river birch]河
sell someone down the river
- (informal)betray someone, especially so as to benefit oneself
(非正式)(尤指为使自己得益而)出卖某人;背叛某人;欺骗某人
- (informal, chiefly N. Amer.)to or in prison
(非正式,主北美)进监狱,坐牢
rivered
adjective
riverless
adjective
语源
- Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, based on Latin riparius, from ripa 'bank of a river'
river
名词 river:
a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
river
■"You'll see him yourself." The monkey take the tiger to a big river.
"你可以亲自看见他。"猴子带老虎来到一条大河边。
■A pregnant lady rescued him from the Suzhou River.
一个孕妇把他从苏州河救了起来。
■A magnificent bridge spans the river.
一座雄伟的大桥横亘在大江之上。
■One path leads down to the river, the other leads up the hill.
一条小路通往河边,另一条通往山上。
■A fresh breeze puffed across the river.
一阵阵凉爽的微风吹过河面。
■She stepped short from the boat, and fell into the river.
下船时,她步子迈得太小,掉到河里了。
■Why not stop them (from) polluting the river?
为什么不阻止他们污染这条河呢?
■There's a bridge a mile down the river from here.
从这里沿河往下一英里处有一座桥。
■He plunged headlong into the river.
他一头钻进河里。
■He jumped into the river to catch the big bass in defiance of the cold water.
他不顾河水冰冷跳下去捉那条鲈鱼。
■They diverted the river to supply water to the town.
他们使河流改道以便向城市供水。
■They were fearful that the river would flood.
他们担心河流会发洪水。
■They punted along the river.
他们撑著方头平底船沿河航行。
■They have to rely on the river for their water.
他们用水只好依靠这条河。
■They were standing in the river spearing fish.
他们站在河里叉鱼。
■He rowed down the river.
他划向河流的下游。
■He fell splash into the river.
他噗通一声地掉进河。
■He was sent up the river for a bank robbery.
他因抢劫银行而被捕入狱。
■He pulled a would-be suicide out of a river.
他将一位自杀未遂者从河里拖上来。
■He brought the plane down in a hay-meadow by the river.
他把飞机降落在河边的干草地上。
■He dared me to jump over the river.
他激我跳过河。
■His soldiers were arrayed along the river bank.
他的士兵沿著河岸摆开阵势。
■He crossed the bridge to this side of the river.
他过桥来到河的这一边。
■Low-lying alluvial land adjacent to a river.
低洼地,滩地与河流邻接的低洼冲积地带
■You can picnic along the river bank.
你们可以靠河沿野餐。
■You can see children playing on the other side of the river.
你可以看到小孩在河对岸玩耍。
■Can you swim across the river?
你能游到河的对岸吗?
■The scheme to divert the river has come to a full stop because of lack of money to finish it.
使河流改道的方案已完全停止,因为没有钱来完成这一方案。
■Children like skating on the river when it freezes in winter.
冬晶河水结冰时孩子喜欢在上面滑冰。
■Rowed out into the river's swift current.
划出来进入河水迅疾的水流中
■A shallow place in a body of water, such as a river, where one can cross by walking or riding on an animal or in a vehicle.
可涉水而过的地方河等水体的浅处,人们可以在此步行或骑动物或用交通工具淌过
■Navigable waters; a navigable river.
可通航的水体; 可通航的河流
■Fame like a river is narrowest at its source and broadest afar off.
名誉如河流,发源处最狭,愈远愈宽广。
■The guide led us to the river.
向导带领我们到河边。
■Harvard university lay on both side of the intervene charles river.
哈佛大学位於穿过其间的查尔斯河的两边。
■Which river is the shortest among them?
哪一条河流是它们之中最短的?
■Navigation is difficult on this river because of the hide rock.
因为有暗礁,在这条河上航行很困难。
■Navigation is difficult on this river because of the hidden rocks.
因为河上有暗礁,所以在这条河上航行很困难。
■A member of any of a group of South American Indian peoples living along the coast of Brazil, in the Amazon River valley, and in Paraguay.
图皮族居住在巴西,亚马孙河河谷和巴拉圭的南美洲印第安人的一个民族的成员
■A language family widely spread throughout the Amazon River valley, coastal Brazil, and northeast South America.
图皮-瓜拉尼语族一种广泛散布于亚马孙河河谷、巴西沿岸地区和南美洲东北部的一个语族
■After a long period of rain the river may overflow its banks.
在一个长时间的降雨之后,河水会漫过河岸。
■A river winding through a valley.
在山谷中蜿蜒的河流
■At that part of the river, the trees on both banks arch over the water, affording an atmosphere of calm which is a welcome relief from the bustle of the nearby city.
在河的那一带,两岸的树木枝叶伸展于水面上,造成一种宁静的气氛,与附近城市车水马龙的情形迥然不同。
■You can cross the river a short distance below (ie downstream from) the waterfall.
在瀑布下游附近可以过河。
■This river is dangerous to bathe in.
在这河里游泳危险。
■The town stands on the left bank of the river.
城镇位于河的左岸。
■An embankment raised to prevent a river from overflowing.
堤岸,防洪堤防止河流泛滥而建造的堤岸
■The river teems with all kinds of fish in summer.
夏天这条河里各种各样的鱼多得很。
■Crossing9 nations in the center of Europe from its German source to its Romanian mouth, flows the Danube river.
多瑙河发源于德国,流经欧洲中部的9个国家,在罗马尼亚汇入大海。
■On hot days we often bathe/go bathing in the river.
天热时我们常在河里[去河里]游泳。