river

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n. 河, 江 [法] 河流, 江河, 内河

发音

US /ˈɹɪvɚ/
UK /ˈɹaɪvə/
US /ˈɹaɪvɚ/
UK /ˈɹɪvə/
SCOT /ˈɾɪvəɾ/
其它 /ˈɾɪvə/
NZ /ˈɹəvə/

词形变化

rivers 复数 rivered rivering rivers 三单 rivers rivering 现在分词 rivered 过去式 rivered 过去分词

释义与例句

n. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, oftentimes ending in another body of water, such as an ocean or in an inland sea.

    河

    江

    河流

    江河

    水流

    川

    河川

    Occasionally rivers overflow their banks and cause floods.

  2. 2.

    Any large flow of a liquid in a single body.

    a river of blood

  3. 3.

    The last card dealt in a hand.

    游戏
  4. 4.

    A visually undesirable effect of white space running down a page, caused by spaces between words on consecutive lines happening to coincide.

    川流

    媒体 印刷
  5. 1.

    One who rives or splits.

v.
  1. 1.

    To improve one’s hand to beat another player on the final card in a poker game.

    游戏

    Johnny rivered me by drawing that ace of spades.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

stream watercourse

部分词 4

falls rapid waterfall estuary

相关短语

Hudson River [网络] 哈德逊河；哈得逊河；哈得孙河 river rat river rats river turtle river bank 河岸；河堤 river bed 河床 river blindness 盘尾丝虫病 river lamprey river lampreys river basin 流域 river basins river banks (river-bank 的复数) 河岸；河堤

词源

From Middle English ryver, from Anglo-Norman rivere, from Early Medieval Latin rīpāria (“littoral, riverbank”), from Latin rīpārius (“of a riverbank”), from Latin rīpa (“river bank”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- (“to scratch, tear, cut”). Unrelated to Latin rīvus (“stream”) (whence rival, derive). Doublet of riviera and rivière. Displaced native Old English ēa.

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