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rapids

US // (ˈræpɪdz) //

激流,急流,瀑布,泷水

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Definitions

  1. 1
    • : part of a river where the current is very fast and turbulent

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Barney is blown into some nearby rapids and the new expendables are taken as prisoners.

  • Halfway down the river, as they headed toward the rapids, the security line broke, and they were headed for some rocks.

  • Both are located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, but they are not formally affiliated.

  • Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1988.

  • Just one more note of caution before we descend down the rapids of morality and ethics.

  • From the easterly end of the flat the augmented river squeezed in a roaring rapids through a sort of bottle neck.

  • If there is a river near you which has rapids, go to the spot and see if you can tell what it is that makes the rapids.

  • The air was clear, and full of the scent of the pines and cedars, and the rumble of the rapids came musically down the canon.

  • But Menotah only laughed again, while the roar of the great rapids beat down upon their ears with sound of sombre menace.

  • A dull roar from the distant rapids beat down ominously along the evening wind.