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

• She played tennis, rode horseback, and shot rapids in a canoe.
  她打网球，骑马，还驾独木舟穿过激流险滩。
• They shot the rapids in a canoe.
  他们坐独木舟驶过急流。
• His canoe was there, on the river below the rapids.
  他的独木舟在险滩下面的河水中。
• Frothy water as in rapids or waterfalls.
  象急流或瀑布的起泡的水。
• Actually, in my analogy, the rapids are the periods of marketplace transformation.
  事实上，按照我的类比，“急流”就是市场转变时期。
• 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。
• 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。
• We spent an exhilarating morning shooting the rapids.
  我们用了一个激动人心的早晨穿越激流。
• There are many rapids and falls on this part of the river, which make it difficult to navigate.
  河的这部分有许多急流和瀑布，很难航行。
• Dongpo visited not the so-called Red Cliff upstream rapids, but the Yangtze River inlet whirl Jiwo Lake;
  ②东坡游的不是所谓急流的赤壁摩崖上游，而是长江的洄水湾矶窝湖；