rapids

• n. [水文] 急流；湍流

英文词源

rapids (n.)

1765, from French rapides (see rapid); applied by French voyagers to rough, swift-flowing reaches in North American rivers.

双语例句

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。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The canoe shot the rapids.

独木舟飞速地冲入急流.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. The boat shot the rapids.

小船迅速通过急流.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. The river brawled over the rapids.

河水哗哗地流过湍滩.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

5. With him at the helm, we are a hundred percent safe crossing these treacherous rapids.

由他掌舵, 通过这段激流险滩是万无一失的.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》