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

• Life in the turbulent rapids traversed in stone, many indescribable to build the beautiful.
  生命本该在激流湍石中走过，才构筑出许多不可名状的美好。
• 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。
• They shot the rapids in a canoe.
  他们坐独木舟驶过急流。
• 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。
• His canoe was there, on the river below the rapids.
  他的独木舟在险滩下面的河水中。
• 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。
• 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。
• Going through the rapids while in the water increases the excitement!
  在水里穿过急流更增添了刺激的程度！
• The canoe flipped over in the rapids.
  独木舟在急流中翻了过来。
• 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。