rapids

英 [ˈræpɪdz]

美 [ˈræpɪdz]

n.  (河的)急流; 湍急的河水

GRE

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牛津词典

noun

• （河的）急流；湍急的河水
  part of a river where the water flows very fast, usually over rocks
  1. to shoot the rapids (= to travel quickly over them in a boat)
     穿过急流

柯林斯词典

• N-PLURAL 急流；险滩
  Rapidsare a section of a river where the water moves very fast, often over rocks.
  1. His canoe was there, on the river below the rapids.
     他的独木舟在险滩下面的河水中。

双语例句

• Even in the river rapids, I also believe that the boat drifted across could shore.
  即使河流在湍急，我也相信漂泊的船可以横跨到达彼岸。
• And the smoke was rushing toward her. They shot the rapids in a canoe.
  烟尘向她直冲过来。他们乘小舟冲过了急流。
• They fell into the seething waters of the rapids.
  他们跌进了翻腾的急流中。
• Webb died while attempting to swim the Whirlpool Rapids under Niagara Falls in 1883.
  在1883年，当Webb尝试穿越尼亚加拉大瀑布下方的Whirlpool急流时，他不幸身亡了。
• They shot some pretty weirs and rapids.
  他们看到了一些美丽的堰坎和湍滩。
• Land transport, storage and handling We portaged our gear around the rapids.
  陆上运输、仓储和装卸我们把装备转由陆上运输以绕过湍滩。
• General Mills installed the sag correctors at Cedar Rapids.
  锡特拉皮兹市的通用磨粉公司就安装了骤降校正器。
• The origin of Xiangshuikan rapids in the Dongting Lake is analyzed by using remote sensing geological and hydrodynamic methods.
  应用遥感地质和水动力演变分析法，分析了洞庭湖响水坎滩险的成因。
• Frothy water as in rapids or waterfalls.
  象急流或瀑布的起泡的水。
• They shot the rapids in a canoe.
  他们坐独木舟驶过急流。