river
英 [ˈrɪvə(r)]
美 [ˈrɪvər]
n. 河; 江; (液体)涌流
复数：rivers
Oxford 3000 / Collins.4 / BNC.876 / COCA.1327
同义词辨析
rivern. 江，河
〔辨析〕
普通用词，泛指大大小小的河流。
〔例证〕
Have you ever been to the Mississippi River?
你去过密西西比河吗？
They used to go for a walk after supper along the river.
他们过去常常在晚饭后沿着河边散步。
你去过密西西比河吗？
They used to go for a walk after supper along the river.
他们过去常常在晚饭后沿着河边散步。
brookn. 小河，溪流
〔辨析〕
多指发源于山泉的小河。
〔例证〕
Is there any fish in that brook?
那条小河里有鱼吗？
那条小河里有鱼吗？
streamn. 小河，小溪
〔辨析〕
一般指流经平坦陆地的小河或小溪流。
〔例证〕
There is a stream running across the meadow.
草地上有一条小溪流过。
草地上有一条小溪流过。
习惯用语
n.
- sell sb down the river
- 出卖（答应要帮助的人）
to give poor or unfair treatment to sb you have promised to help
牛津词典
noun
- 河；江
a natural flow of water that continues in a long line across land to the sea/ocean- the River Thames
泰晤士河 - the Hudson River
哈得孙河 - on the banks of the river (= the ground at the side of a river)
在河岸上 - to travel up/down river (= in the opposite direction to/in the same direction as the way in which the river is flowing)
逆流而上；顺流而下 - the mouth of the river (= where it enters the sea/ocean)
河口 - Can we swim in the river ?
我们可以下河游泳吗？ - a boat on the river
河上的一条船 - They have a house on the river (= beside it) .
他们在河边有栋房子。
- the River Thames
- （液体）涌流
a large amount of liquid that is flowing in a particular direction- Rivers of molten lava flowed down the mountain.
大量的熔岩顺着山坡流下来。
- Rivers of molten lava flowed down the mountain.
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 河;江
Ariveris a large amount of fresh water flowing continuously in a long line across the land.- ...a chemical works on the banks of the river.
跨河而建的一家化工厂 - ...boating on the River Danube.
在多瑙河上划船
- ...a chemical works on the banks of the river.
英英释义
noun
- a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
- the river was navigable for 50 miles
双语例句
- The river is navigable now.
河开了。 - These dams have restricted the flow of the river downstream.
这些堤坝限制了河水顺流而下。 - The delta region of the Rio Grande river was a forsaken land of thickets and swamps.
里奥格兰德河三角洲曾是一片遍布荆棘和沼泽的荒废之地。 - Korea and China are separated by only the Yalu River.
朝鲜和中国只隔一条鸭绿江。 - Explorers traced the Nile River to its several headstreams in Central Africa.
探险者在中非找到了尼罗河的几处源头。 - The river has run dry.
河枯了。 - The level of pollution in the river was falling.
这条河中的污染物水平在下降。 - They forgot to apply the handbrake and the car rolled 60ft into the river.
他们忘了拉手刹，汽车翻滚了60英尺，掉进了河里。 - A river forms the boundary between the two countries.
一条河流成了两国的分界线。 - The river floods caved in the bank.
河水泛滥，冲塌了堤岸。