river

['rivə]

n.河, 江, 河流, 水道

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。

词形变化

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  

英英释义

名词 river:

a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)

补充

riverriver英:[ˈrivə] 美:[ˈrɪvɚ]n.1.河, 江The river is rising after the rain.河水在雨后涨了起来。

例句

1. The river runs alongside the canal.这条河与运河比邻。 2. the rivers of France法国的江河 3. the river Thames泰晤士河 4. A river of blood flowed down the street.街上血流成河。 5. You thought her usefulness was over. So you sold her down the river.你觉得她没有利用价值了, 所以就把她给出卖了。 6. a river delta河流三角洲 7. great rivers of molten lava.熔岩巨流。 8. 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。 9. the river Nile尼罗河 10. the Mississippi river密西西比河 11. The raft is too small to use on this part of the river.这个橡皮筏太小了，不能在这个河段使用。 12. They have a house on the river. [=on land next to the river]他们在河岸边有栋房子。 13. Large boats came up/down the river. [=in the opposite/same direction that the river is flowing]大船在江上逆流/顺流行驶。 14. the mouth of the river = the river's mouth = the river mouth [=the place where the river enters the ocean]河口 15. rivers of mud flowed down the hillside.从油井涌流而出的大量原油 16. The jet stream is a river of air.喷气流是一股强大气流。 17. I cried a river of tears. [=I cried a lot]我泪流满面。 18. They sent him up the river for 10 years.他们把他送进监狱关了10年。