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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

Rivers
  1. 1. noun 里弗斯(在加拿大西经 100°14' 北纬 50°02')

Collins English-English Dictionary

Rivers ['rɪvəz]
  1. 1. n a state of S Nigeria, in the Niger River Delta on the Gulf of Guinea. Capital: Port Harcourt. Pop: 4103372 (1995 est). Area: 21850 sq km (8436 sq miles)

Examples

The rivers of blood still run deep in many poor countries involved in civil war.
在很多卷入内战的贫穷国家,血流成河仍是屡见不鲜。
Chongqing is situated at the meeting of the Jialing and the Yangtze Rivers.
重庆坐落于嘉陵江和长江会合处。
The mountain is the divide between the two rivers.
这座山是两条河的分水岭。
If the rain continues then the rivers could swell and burst the banks.
如果雨持续地下,河水将会暴涨,冲破河床。
They are building a dam at the point where the two rivers converge.
他们正在两条河汇合的地方修建大坝。
Often when you hook a fish in these shallow rivers they will roll on the surface.
当你在浅水河中钩住鱼时他们往往便会跳出水面。
Some native people throw walnut leaves into rivers to poison the fish; dead fish are easy to catch.
一些土著人将核桃树叶丢进河里将鱼毒死;而死鱼是很容易捉的。

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