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river

美音:[´rıvə ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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n.河,江

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river


/'rɪvə(r); `rɪvɚ/
n [C]
1 large natural stream ofwater flowing in a channel 河; 江; 水道
*the River Thames泰晤士河
* the Mississippi River 密西西比河
* [attrib 作定语] the river mouth 河口
* river traffic 内河航运. Cf 参看 canal 1.
2 any large flow of similar form 巨流
*a river of lava 熔岩流
* (fig rhet 比喻, 修辞) rivers of blood, ie great bloodshed in war, etc 血流成河.
3 (idm 习语) sell sb down the river => sell.

river


n[C]
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French;Origin: rivere, from Latin riparius 'of a river bank', from ripa 'bank, shore']
a natural and continuous flow of water in a long line across a country into the sea
stream
 the Mississippi River
 the River Thames
on a river
 a boat on the river
along a river
 We went for a walk along the river.
up/down (a) river
 a ship sailing up river
 They drifted slowly down river.
across a river
 a bridge across the river
 on the south bank of the river (=the land on one side of a river)
 trees on the river bank (=the land next to a river)
 The River Elbe flows through the Czech Republic.
 at the mouth of the river (=where a river joins the sea)
a large amount of moving liquid
river of
 a river of hot lava flowing from the volcano
sell sb down the riveratsell1 (10)
1. Bolongo, he explained, meant river or stream in Mandinka, and Kamby-Bolongo could be Gambia River.
    他解释说,Bolongo在曼丁哥语中意为河流或小溪,那么Kamby-Bolongo可能就是冈比亚河。

2. When the river burst its banks the fields were inundated.
    河岸决堤后, 田地遭洪水淹没.

3. We tell the river all our secrets.
    我们向那条河倾诉我们的秘密。

4. We have special river birthday parties in the summer.
    夏天,我们为这条河举办特殊的生日宴会。

5. Well, she came with the same cargo she had on leaving James Fort, Gambia River, except that her original 140 slaves had become 98.
    她与她离开冈比亚河詹姆士港口时所载的货物几乎相同,只是原来的140个奴隶现在变成了98个。

6. The bigger animals went to the surface to drink, and were promptly bogged in the river.
    这个大动物到冰表面去饮水,突然掉进水里.

7. The river was very broad , and it took the boat a long time to cross.
    河很宽,船走了很久才到对岸。

8. The river broadens at its mouth.
    河口处河面变宽。

9. The current is strongest in the middle of the river.
    河中心的水流最急.

10. They are planning to divert the river to supply water somewhere else.
    他们正计划着使这河流转向,以便别处能得到水的供给。

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