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downriver

/doun-riv-er/US // ˈdaʊnˈrɪv ər //

下游,顺流而下,下流,下游的

Definitions

  1. 1
    • : with or in the direction of the current of a river: logs floating downriver.

Examples

  • So, for efficient access to dirt, we drive two miles east then pedal a mile of the Greenway downriver, past warehouses and along the edge of a modest neighborhood to Morningside Park.

  • Across the train tracks and downriver from Newblock, the Canes was another area of interest.

  • The rope breaks and Farquhar swims downriver and into a forest, and from there he begins a journey back to his wife and his home.

  • They made it in a heavy downriver gale with an accompaniment of slashing rain that soaked every one to the skin.

  • I scouted around amongst them, found a good canoe, took three black men and set out downriver.

  • Umas-kwitšit-patše's people went back downriver to Selye'aye'-kumitše.

  • Once more, he looked at the iron cliffs opposite him, then glanced downriver.

  • Before the sun had risen very high they had entered the mouth of Buffalo and were going downriver at a good pace.