英汉词典

river 基本解释

• n. 河，江
• n. (River)人名；(英)里弗

river 词态变化

river 中文词源

来自古法语 riviere,河边，河岸，来自拉丁语 riparius,岩边的，来自 ripa,河岸，海滨，来自 PIE*rei, 撕开，劈，砍，词源同 rift,riven,riparian.后引申词义河流，江河。该词不与 rival 同源，但词 义相混淆。

river 英文词源

river

river: [13] Etymologically, the term river denotes the ‘banks’ of a river, rather than the water that flows between them. Its distant ancestor is Latin rīpa ‘bank’. From this was derived the adjective rīpārius (source of English riparian ‘of a riverbank’ [19]), whose feminine form came to be used in Vulgar Latin as a noun, *rīpāria, denoting ‘land by the water’s edge’.

From it evolved Italian riviera ‘bank’ (whence English Riviera [18]) and Old French riviere. This originally meant ‘river bank’, but this subsequently developed to ‘river’, the sense in which English adopted the word. A heavily disguised English relative is arrive, which etymologically denotes ‘come to the shore’.
=> arrive, riparian, riviera

river (n.)

early 13c., from Anglo-French rivere, Old French riviere "river, riverside, river bank" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *riparia "riverbank, seashore, river" (source also of Spanish ribera, Italian riviera), noun use of fem. of Latin riparius "of a riverbank" (see riparian). Generalized sense of "a copious flow" of anything is from late 14c. The Old English word was ea "river," cognate with Gothic ahwa, Latin aqua (see aqua-). Romanic cognate words tend to retain the sense "river bank" as the main one, or else the secondary Latin sense "coast of the sea" (compare Riviera).

U.S. slang phrase up the river "in prison" (1891) is originally in reference to Sing Sing prison, which was literally "up the (Hudson) river" from New York City. Phrase down the river "done for, finished" perhaps echoes sense in sell down the river (1851), originally of troublesome slaves, to sell from the Upper South to the harsher cotton plantations of the Deep South.

river 词组搭配

river 英文释义

1. a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek);

"the river was navigable for 50 miles"

river 同义词解析

river, brook, stream

这些名词均有"江，河"之意。

river： 泛指一般的江河。

brook： 指小河，尤指发源于山泉的小河。

stream： 泛指大小河流，也可专指小溪。

river 双语例句

1. The river widens considerably as it begins to turn east.

河流转向东流时河道大幅度变宽。

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2. It's easy to get a tummy upset from river water.

喝河水很容易闹肚子。

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3. Across the river the railway track ran up to the pithead.

铁轨跨过这条河直达矿井口。

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4. Perhaps he'd followed her suggestion of a stroll to the river.

也许他已经听从了她的建议去河边散步了。

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5. At Dorset Wharf go left to rejoin the river.

在多塞特码头向左返回河道。

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river 实用场景例句

the River Thames

泰晤士河

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the Hudson River

哈得孙河

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on the banks of the river (= the ground at the side of a river)

在河岸上

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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

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the mouth of the river (= where it enters the sea/ocean)

河口

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Can we swim in the river ?

我们可以下河游泳吗？

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a boat on the river

河上的一条船

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They have a house on the river (= beside it) .

他们在河边有栋房子。

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Rivers of molten lava flowed down the mountain.

大量的熔岩顺着山坡流下来。

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...a chemical works on the banks of the river.

跨河而建的一家化工厂

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...boating on the River Danube.

在多瑙河上划船

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The concept of atmospheric retrievable index ( ARI ) is introduced to provide the criterion for channel selection.

提出一个能对反演效果进行定量评估的指标,此指标定义为大气可反演指标.

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The river slows on the flat bottom.

河水在平坦的河床上减慢了流速.

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The river has risen.

河水上涨.

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After having spent wholemornings on the river, I always go home with an empey bag.

把每天上午的时间都花在河上之后, 我总是带着空包回家.

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The river flows southeastward to the gulf.

这条河朝着东南流向海湾.

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The boat floated down the river.

小船沿河漂流.

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The car slid down the steep gradient into the river.

汽车滑下陡峭的斜坡掉入河中.

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O! The Huanghe ( River ), cradle of the Chinese nation.

啊! 黄河, 你是中华民族的摇篮.

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The river sinuates toward the sea.

河流蜿蜒入海.

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They forded the river.

他们涉水过河.

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The railway line follows the river for several miles.

铁路线沿着河流延伸几英里.

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We took a walk along the river and totally lost track of time.

我们沿着河岸散步,完全忘了时间.

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Our attack was so vigorous that the enemy had to fall back to the river bank.

我方的进攻很猛烈,敌人只好退至河岸.

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The pair of swans nested by the river.

这对天鹅栖息在河边.

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The white church peeps out genially from behind the huts scattered on the river bank.

一座白色教堂从散布在岸上的那些小木房后面殷勤地探出头来.

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Downstream the river twists and turns a lot.

这条河的下游弯弯曲曲.

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Thefield drained into the river.

田里的水渐渐流进河里了.

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