| 单词 | downstream |
| 释义 | downstream (daʊnstriːm ) adverb [ADVERB after verb, be ADVERB] Something that is moving downstream is moving towards the mouth of a river, from a point further up the river. Something that is downstream is further towards the mouth of a river than where you are. We had drifted downstream. ...a district called Lupitu, which in fact was downstream of the dam. Communities downstream have been alerted. Downstream is also an adjective. Breaking the dam could submerge downstream cities. Collocations: downstream flooding The researchers believe all this happened in a single event that also wiped out a spillway and would have caused downstream flooding. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The pair of dams work together to prevent downstream flooding. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When the danger of downstream flooding has passed, the intake structure gates are opened to lower the reservoir. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Occasionally reservoirs can be managed to retain high rain-fall events to prevent or reduce downstream flooding. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These modifications have often reduced habitat for fish and other species, caused downstream flooding due to alterations of flood plains, and worsened water quality. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The survivors make it to a powerless patrol boat on the river and drift downstream to the waiting submarine. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A year after hatching, young ciscoes drift downstream to estuaries. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Upon birth, larval saugers drift downstream before developing feeding tendencies and horizontal maneuverability. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They then drift downstream in the deep channels of the river, remaining in fresh water for the first year of their lives. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They drift downstream and burrow in the sand, mud, and organic material for 47 years. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He managed to get the slack time of high tide wrong by one hour, resulting in him being swept downstream on the ebb tide. Times,Sunday Times From its perch, the forked-tongued menace spies a raft full of survivors being swept downstream in a raging river. Globe and Mail The piers of bridges were battered by debris and whole farmhouses which had been swept downstream. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Trees, loosened by the flood, crashed into the water to be swept downstream. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In a flowing stream, this behavior leads them to hold position in a stream rather than being swept downstream by the current. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 朝下游方向 Japanese: 下流に |
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