| 釋義 |
river /'nva(r); 'rlvv/ n [C] 1 natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea or to a lake, etc or joining another ~: 河; 江： the R~ Thames. (英國的)泰晤士河。 sell sb down the ~, (fig) betray him. (喻)出賣某人。 2 (attrib) (形容用法)' ~-basin n area drained by a ~ and its tributaries. 江河流域。' ~-bed n ground over which a ~ flows in its channel, 河床。 '~ side ground along a ~ bank: 河岸： a ~ side villa. 河邊別墅。 3 great flow: 巨流： a ~ of lava; 滾滾的熔巖; ~s of blood, great bloodshed (in war). (戰(zhàn)爭中乏)血流成渠。 |