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

• And experience the rush of tubing down the great river's rapids.
  并且可体会从河流急速冲下的刺激。
• The warning sign at the entrance of the Kali River Rapids warns guests that the ride is very wet.
  警报信号在Kali河急流的入口警告客人，乘驾是非常湿的。
• They move to Cedar Rapids and she punches out a couple of kids.
  般到柏湍镇，生了两个小孩。
• Doulizi beach is the dry rapids in Chuanjiang River.
  川江斗笠子滩为枯水急流滩险。
• They shot the rapids in a canoe.
  他们坐独木舟驶过急流。
• 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 laid-back Brown's Canyon run had wide open rapids with huge, fun wave trains.
  柔美的布朗峡谷有着开阔的急流，翻滚着巨大的波浪。
• 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。
• 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。