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

• 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。
• 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。
• Frothy water as in rapids or waterfalls.
  象急流或瀑布的起泡的水。
• The canoe flipped over in the rapids.
  独木舟在急流中翻了过来。
• 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。
• 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。
• They move to Cedar Rapids and she punches out a couple of kids.
  般到柏湍镇，生了两个小孩。
• They fell into the seething waters of the rapids.
  他们跌进了翻腾的急流中。
• 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。
• 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。