river

noun

1. 河；江
   a natural flow of water that continues in a long line across land to the sea/ocean
   1. the River Thames
      泰晤士河
   2. the Hudson River
      哈得孙河
   3. on the banks of the river (= the ground at the side of a river)
      在河岸上
   4. 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
   5. the mouth of the river (= where it enters the sea/ocean)
      河口
   6. Can we swim in the river ?
      我们可以下河游泳吗？
   7. a boat on the river
      河上的一条船
   8. They have a house on the river (= beside it) .
      他们在河边有栋房子。
2. （液体）涌流
   a large amount of liquid that is flowing in a particular direction
   1. Rivers of molten lava flowed down the mountain.
      大量的熔岩顺着山坡流下来。

1. N-COUNT 河;江
   A river is a large amount of fresh water flowing continuously in a long line across the land.
   1. ...a chemical works on the banks of the river.
      跨河而建的一家化工厂
   2. ...boating on the River Danube.
      在多瑙河上划船

1. They forgot to apply the handbrake and the car rolled 60ft into the river.
   他们忘了拉手刹，汽车翻滚了60英尺，掉进了河里。
2. The police have warned the city's inhabitants not to bathe in the polluted river.
   警方已经告诫该市居民不要在这条被污染的河里游泳。
3. The Chicago River flooded the city's underground tunnel system
   芝加哥河的河水淹没了城市的地下隧道系统。
4. The delta region of the Rio Grande river was a forsaken land of thickets and swamps.
   里奥格兰德河三角洲曾是一片遍布荆棘和沼泽的荒废之地。
5. The waters of the Yangtze River are dangerously high for the time of year.
   长江的水位每年这个时候都处于危险的高位。
6. You could hike through the Fish River Canyon
   你可以徒步穿越鱼河峡谷。
7. The level of pollution in the river was falling.
   这条河中的污染物水平在下降。
8. His canoe was there, on the river below the rapids.
   他的独木舟在险滩下面的河水中。
9. These dams have restricted the flow of the river downstream.
   这些堤坝限制了河水顺流而下。
10. They drove across the river to New Hampshire on a hot tar road.
    他们沿着一条滚烫的柏油路开过了河，来到新罕布什尔州。
11. The topography of the river's basin has changed significantly since the floods.
    该河流域的地形自洪水以来发生了显著变化。
12. We leaned on the wooden rail of the bridge and looked up the river
    我们靠在桥的木栏杆上，朝河望去。
13. You should come across the river with us. Then you will really see what's what.
    你应该和我们一起过河，那时你就会了解实情了。
14. He crossed the river by the aid of a tree.
    他借助于一棵树过了河。
15. The Changjiang River empties into the Donghai Sea.
    长江流入东海。
16. The bridge was washed away by the swollen river.
    桥给上涨的河水冲走了。
17. A river forms the boundary between the two countries.
    一条河流成了两国的分界线。
18. The river floods caved in the bank.
    河水泛滥，冲塌了堤岸。
19. We pitched camp in a river valley.
    我们在河谷安营。
20. This river is one li wide.
    这条河有一里宽。
21. The river is navigable now.
    河开了。
22. The river has run dry.
    河枯了。
23. The river deposited silt at its mouth.
    河口沉积了淤泥。
24. When the river dike is completed, the crops will be safe against floods.
    修好河堤，庄稼就不怕淹了。
25. Explorers traced the Nile River to its several headstreams in Central Africa.
    探险者在中非找到了尼罗河的几处源头。
26. The boundary between Shanxi and Shaanxi is the Huanghe River.
    山西和陕西以黄河为界。
27. The lower reaches of the river are navigable for steamers.
    这河的下游能够行驶轮船。
28. As the river drops from the plateau, it forms great waterfalls.
    河水从高原上下落时，形成了巨大的瀑布。
29. Korea and China are separated by only the Yalu River.
    朝鲜和中国只隔一条鸭绿江。

  river brook stream【导航词义：河】

  river n. 江，河

〔辨析〕普通用词，泛指大大小小的河流。

  brook n. 小河，溪流

〔辨析〕多指发源于山泉的小河。

  stream n. 小河，小溪

〔辨析〕一般指流经平坦陆地的小河或小溪流。

n.

sell sb down the river

• 出卖（答应要帮助的人）
  to give poor or unfair treatment to sb you have promised to help

noun

1. a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
   1. the river was navigable for 50 miles