单词 | down-river |
释义 | down-river also downriver adverb [ADVERB after verb, be ADVERB] Something that is moving down-river is moving towards the mouth of a river, from a point further up the river. Somethingthat is down-river is towards the mouth of a river. By 09.30 we had cast off and were heading down-river. ...a big tourist hotel a few hundred yards down-river. Cologne is not so very far down-river from Mainz. [+ from] Down-river is also an adjective. ...downriver factories dispensing billows of smoke. down-river in British English or downriver (ˌdaʊnˈrɪvə) adverb 1. towards the mouth of a river a big tourist hotel a few hundred yards down-river By 09.30 we had cast off and were heading down-river. Cologne is not so very far down-river from Mainz. adjective 2. positioned towards the mouth of a river downriver factories dispensing billows of smoke |
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