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🔑 riverBrE /ˈrɪvə(r)/NAmE /ˈrɪvər/ noun🔑 (abbreviation R.) a natural flow of water that continues in a long line across land to the sea/ocean 河；江◆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。 bend, course, current, dam, downstream, estuary, river, source, tributary, waterfall ~ (of sth) a large amount of liquid that is flowing in a particular direction （液体）涌流◆Rivers of molten lava flowed down the mountain. 大量的熔岩顺着山坡流下来。 ●sell sb down the ˈriver(informal) to give poor or unfair treatment to sb you have promised to help 出卖（答应要帮助的人） ORIGIN From the custom of buying and selling slaves on the plantations on the Mississippi River in America. Slaves who caused trouble for their masters could be sold to plantation owners lower down the river, where conditions would be worse. 源自美国密西西比河沿岸种植园之间的奴隶买卖。惹麻烦的奴隶可能被主人卖到下游条件更为恶劣的种植园里。 |
