گزارش خطا در معنی کلمه 'river'

1 عمومی:: رودخانه‌

2 ورزش و تربیت بدنی:: رود, رود به رودخانه های پر آب بزرگ می‌گوییم رود، مثل کارون که از چند رودخانه که به هم می‌پیوندند تشکیل می‌شود.

1 general:: river verbs a river flows • The River Avon flows through the town of Stratford. a river runs (= it flows in a particular direction ) • the place where the river runs into the sea a river winds (= it turns and curves, rather than going in a straight line ) • He could see the river winding across the plain. a river floods • There are fears that the river could flood. a river dries up • Further downstream the river has dried up completely several times in recent years. a river narrows (= it becomes narrower ) • The river narrows at this point. a river rises somewhere formal (= it starts there ) • The River Euphrates rises in Turkey and flows through Syria. cross a river • Cross the river by the road bridge and then turn right. ford a river (= cross a river on foot, in a vehicle, or on a horse, without using a bridge ) • The water was shallow enough for us to be able to ford the river. navigate a river (= to travel along a river ) • The narrow cliffs once made the river dangerous to navigate. adjectives wide/broad • We crossed the wide River Rhone the following morning. long • The Severn is the longest river in Britain. swollen/high (= containing more water than usual ) • After the rains, the river was swollen. • The river was high and running quite swiftly. fast-flowing • The child fell into a fast-flowing river. a mighty river (= very big and impressive ) • Cairo sits at the mouth of the mighty river Nile. a river is navigable (= people are able to travel along it in a boat ) • The river is navigable in the winter months. river + NOUN the river bank • Crowds lined the river banks to watch the boat race. a river bed (= the bottom of a river ) • They walked along a dry river bed. a river valley • They came to a wide river valley. phrases the banks of a river (= the land near a river ) • He bought a house on the banks of the River Wye. the mouth of a river (= where it joins the sea ) • The Statue of Liberty stands at the mouth of the Hudson River. the source of a river (= the place where it starts ) • Where exactly is the source of the River Ganges? the upper/lower etc reaches of a river (= the upper, lower etc parts ) • We sailed down the lower reaches of the river. a bend in a river • He rounded a bend in the river and saw Flora sitting there. a river is in spate British English (= it is very full and the water is flowing very quickly ) • The snow had just melted and the rivers were in spate.

2 general:: river a line of water that flows into the sea: • They crossed the river by ferry. • the River Tweed • the Yangtze river tributary a stream or river that flows into a larger river: • The River Trombetas is a tributary of the River Amazon. estuary the wide part of a river where it goes into the sea: • plans to build a big new airport on the Thames estuary canal a long passage dug into the ground and filled with water, either for boats to travel along, or to take water to a place: • Venice’s famous canals • a canal boat delta an area of low land where a river spreads into many smaller rivers near the sea: • the Nile delta a small river stream a small narrow river: • a cool mountain stream brook literary a small stream: • There was a small brook, rushing and sparkling along between green banks. creek a narrow area of sea that goes into the land, or a small river: • The River Fal with its many creeks was a perfect place for smugglers. • The kids hunted for crabs in the muddy creek. parts of a river mouth the part of a river where it joins the sea: • Havre-Marat was a port at the mouth of the River Seine. bank land along the side of a river: • the river bank • He owns a chateau on the banks of the River Loire. source the place where a river or stream starts: • The source of the River Nile was discovered by a British explorer, John Speke.

3 general:: see SELL DOWN THE RIVER; UP THE RIVER.

4 general:: noun stream: The river is a means of transportation.

5 general::   noun ADJ. broad, great, large, long, mighty, wide the mighty River Nile The river was too wide to swim across comfortably. | little, narrow, short, small | deep | shallow | high The river is still high after the recent rain. | low | fast-flowing | slow-moving, sluggish | winding | swollen The river was swollen after the floods. | navigable The river is navigable by vessels of up to 90 tons. VERB + RIVER cross, ford, get across We crossed the river by ferry. How are we going to get across the river? | bridge They've bridged the river at four points. | dam Wildlife groups are protesting against the proposal to dam the river. | dredge They're dredging the river to make it safer for larger boats. | navigate The rocks and sandbanks make the river hard to navigate. RIVER + VERB flow, run, wind This river flows into the Mediterranean Sea. A river runs through the field. The river winds its way through the hills. | rise The river has risen with the rains. The river rises in Bulgaria and flows through Greece to the Aegean. | be in flood, burst its banks, flood (sth), overflow sth The river had overflowed its banks. | dry up This river dried up long ago. RIVER + NOUN bank | water | valley | system | crossing | traffic PREP. across a/the ~ There's a bridge across the river. | along a/the ~ We walked along the river. | down a/the ~, down by a/the ~, down to a/the ~ Let's go down to the river at sunset. | into a/the ~ He dived into the river. | in a/the ~ Trout live in this river. | on a/the ~ There was a rowing boat on the river. | up a/the ~ sailing up the river | ~ of (figurative) a river of lava PHRASES the banks/bottom/middle/side/surface of a river They were waiting for us on the other side of the river. | a bend in the river, the course/direction of a river, the river's edge