river
noun/ˈrɪvər/
Слово англійською: river
Переклад river українською: рі́чка
Детальний опис
- (abbreviation R.)a natural flow of water that continues in a long line across land to the sea
- Eventually we came to the mouth of the River Thames.
- the Hudson River
- on the banks of the river (= the ground at the side of a river)
- up/down river to travel up/down river (= in the opposite direction to/in the same direction as the way in which the river is flowing)
- the mouth of the river (= where it enters the sea)
- in the river Can we swim in the river?
- on the river There was a boat on the river.
- They have a house on the river (= beside it).
- An entire community sprouted up along the river (= beside it).
- Ahead of them was a long, deserted stretch of river.
- a river valley/basin/delta
- The bridge crosses the river just above the rapids.
Wordfinder- bend
- course
- current
- dam
- downstream
- estuary
- river
- source
- tributary
- waterfall
- river (of something) a large amount of liquid that is flowing in a particular direction
- Rivers of molten lava flowed down the mountain.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French, based on Latin riparius, from ripa ‘bank of a river’.
Idioms
sell somebody down the river
- (informal) to give poor or unfair treatment to somebody you have promised to help synonym betray