- A river is a long, flowing natural stream of water. The Nile is one of the most famous rivers in the world.
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- n. 河，江
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1. on the banks of the river
在河岸上
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2. Can we swim in the river?
我们可以下河游泳吗？
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3. a boat on the river
河上的一条船
- river (n.) early 13c., from Anglo-French rivere, Old French riviere "river, riverside, river bank" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *riparia "riverbank, seashore, river" (source also of Spanish ribera, Italian riviera), noun use of fem. of Latin riparius "of a riverbank" (see riparian). Generalized sense of "a copious flow" of anything is from late 14c. The Old English word was ea "river," cognate with Gothic ahwa, Latin aqua (see aqua-). Romanic cognate words tend to retain the sense "river bank" as the main one, or else the secondary Latin sense "coast of the sea" (compare Riviera).
river ★ / ˈrɪvə(r) ; NAmE ˈrɪvər / noun 1 ★ ( abbr.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。 2 river(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。 IDIOMsee sell v. river rivers river / ˈrɪvə(r) ; NAmE ˈrɪvər /
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