rapids

美['r?p?dz]
  • n. [水文] 急流;湍流

GRE低頻詞

英文詞源


rapids (n.)
1765, from French rapides (see rapid); applied by French voyagers to rough, swift-flowing reaches in North American rivers.

雙語例句


1. His canoe was there, on the river below the rapids.
他的獨(dú)木舟在險(xiǎn)灘下面的河水中。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The canoe shot the rapids.
獨(dú)木舟飛速地沖入急流.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. The boat shot the rapids.
小船迅速通過急流.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. The river brawled over the rapids.
河水嘩嘩地流過湍灘.

來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

5. With him at the helm, we are a hundred percent safe crossing these treacherous rapids.
由他掌舵, 通過這段激流險(xiǎn)灘是萬無一失的.

來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》