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单词 river gods
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river /rivˈər/

noun
  1. A large stream of water flowing over the land
  2. Sometimes extended to a strait or inlet
  3. A place for hawking (archaic)
  4. A stream in general
  5. (also river card) the fifth community card dealt in some forms of poker
adjective
  1. Of a river or rivers
  2. Dwelling or found in or near a river or rivers
ORIGIN: OFr rivere (Fr rivière), from L ripārius (adj), from rīpa bank; cf Ital riviera

rivˈerain /-ān/ adjective

Of a river or its neighbourhood

noun

A riverside dweller

rivˈered adjective

Watered by rivers

rivˈeret noun (archaic)

A small river

rivˈerine /-īn or -ēn/ adjective

Of, on, or dwelling in or near a river

rivˈerless adjective

rivˈerlike adjective

rivˈerworthiness noun

rivˈerworthy adjective

Fit to sail, etc on a river

rivˈery adjective

  1. Of or like a river
  2. Having many rivers

rivˈerbank noun

river basin noun

The whole region drained by a river with its affluents

river bed noun

The channel in which a river flows

river blindness noun

A W African disease, onchocerciasis (qv)

rivˈerboat noun

A boat with a flat bottom or shallow draft, for use on rivers

river bottom noun (US)

Alluvial land along the margin of a river

rivˈercraft noun

Small vessels that ply on rivers

river dolphin noun

Any of various species of a small, toothed whale found in rivers and brackish water in S Asia and S America

rivˈer-dragon noun

  1. Pharaoh (Milton, an allusion to Bible, Ezekiel 29.3)
  2. A crocodile

river drift noun

Old alluvia of rivers

rivˈer-driver noun (US)

A person who conducts logs downstream

river flat noun

A piece of alluvial land by a river

rivˈerfront noun

Land, quays, buildings, etc facing a river

river god noun

The tutelary deity of a river

river head noun

The source of a river

rivˈer-hog noun

  1. The capybara
  2. An African wild pig

river horse noun

  1. The hippopotamus
  2. The kelpie
  3. A pole which a person sits astride to cross a river (S Afr)

rivˈer-jack (or river-jack viper) noun

A W African viper

rivˈerman noun

A person who lives and works on or along a river

river mouth noun

river mussel noun

A freshwater mussel

river novel same as roman fleuve (see under roman).

rivˈer-rat noun

A thief who prowls about a river

river sand noun

Sand from a river bed

rivˈerscape noun

A picture of river scenery

rivˈerside noun

The bank or neighbourhood of a river

adjective

Beside a river

rivˈer-terrace noun

A terrace formed when a river eats away its old alluvium deposited when its flood-level was higher

rivˈer-tide noun

  1. The current of a river
  2. The tide from the sea rising or ebbing in a river

rivˈerwalk noun

A footpath along the side of a river

river wall noun

A wall confining a river within bounds

river water noun

rivˈerway noun

A river as a waterway

rivˈerweed noun

Any plant of the genus Podostemon

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