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

• This legendary path boasts class I to V rapids that rival the west's Colorado.
  这传奇的I-V级的河段使得它可以和西部的科罗拉多媲美。
• Doulizi beach is the dry rapids in Chuanjiang River.
  川江斗笠子滩为枯水急流滩险。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Some parts of the year, the flow was fast and furious, akin to rapids.
  那年的一些部份，流程很快速的和狂怒的，血族到迅速的。
• It becomes rapids as it passes through deep valleys, traveling across western Yunnan Province.
  它穿过深谷时就变成了急流，流经云南西部。
• They shot some pretty weirs and rapids.
  他们看到了一些美丽的堰坎和湍滩。