rapids

英 [ˈræpɪdz]

美 [ˈræpɪdz]

n.  (河的)急流; 湍急的河水

GRE

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牛津词典

noun

• （河的）急流；湍急的河水
  part of a river where the water flows very fast, usually over rocks
  1. to shoot the rapids (= to travel quickly over them in a boat)
     穿过急流

柯林斯词典

• N-PLURAL 急流；险滩
  Rapidsare a section of a river where the water moves very fast, often over rocks.
  1. His canoe was there, on the river below the rapids.
     他的独木舟在险滩下面的河水中。

双语例句

• Dongpo visited not the so-called Red Cliff upstream rapids, but the Yangtze River inlet whirl Jiwo Lake;
  ②东坡游的不是所谓急流的赤壁摩崖上游，而是长江的洄水湾矶窝湖；
• Even in the river rapids, I also believe that the boat drifted across could shore.
  即使河流在湍急，我也相信漂泊的船可以横跨到达彼岸。
• It becomes rapids as it passes through deep valleys, traveling across western Yunnan Province.
  它穿过深谷时就变成了急流，流经云南西部。
• His canoe was there, on the river below the rapids.
  他的独木舟在险滩下面的河水中。
• General Mills installed the sag correctors at Cedar Rapids.
  锡特拉皮兹市的通用磨粉公司就安装了骤降校正器。
• They shot the rapids in a canoe.
  他们坐独木舟驶过急流。
• We spent an exhilarating morning shooting the rapids.
  我们用了一个激动人心的早晨穿越激流。
• They wind-surf near hurricanes, go white-water rafting through rapids, and bungee-jump from towers.
  他们在飓风附近风帆冲浪，去用筏子运送通过急流的白色水，并且从塔橡皮筋跳跃。
• Actually, in my analogy, the rapids are the periods of marketplace transformation.
  事实上，按照我的类比，“急流”就是市场转变时期。
• This legendary path boasts class I to V rapids that rival the west's Colorado.
  这传奇的I-V级的河段使得它可以和西部的科罗拉多媲美。