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

• They shot the rapids in a canoe.
  他们坐独木舟驶过急流。
• Doulizi beach is the dry rapids in Chuanjiang River.
  川江斗笠子滩为枯水急流滩险。
• 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。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The origin of Xiangshuikan rapids in the Dongting Lake is analyzed by using remote sensing geological and hydrodynamic methods.
  应用遥感地质和水动力演变分析法，分析了洞庭湖响水坎滩险的成因。
• 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。
• 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。