| 单词 | river |
| 释义 | river river1 —riverless, adj. —riverlike, adj. /riv"euhr/, n. 1. a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels. 2. a similar stream of something other than water: a river of lava; a river of ice. 3. any abundant stream or copious flow; outpouring: rivers of tears; rivers of words. 4. (cap.) Astron. the constellation Eridanus. 5. Print. a vertical channel of white space resulting from the alignment in several lines of spaces between words. 6. sell down the river, to betray; desert; mislead: to sell one's friends down the river. 7. up the river, Slang. a. to prison: to be sent up the river for a bank robbery. b. in prison: Thirty years up the river had made him a stranger to society. [1250-1300; ME < OF rivere, riviere < VL *riparia, n. use of fem. of L riparius RIPARIAN] river2 /ruy"veuhr/, n. a person who rives. [1475-85; RIVE + -ER1] |
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