English Dictionary

river

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɹɪvə/

名詞

A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, oftentimes ending in another body of water, such as an ocean or in an inland sea.

日本語の意味

大きく曲がりくねった水流で、広大な土地から水を集め、高地から低地へ流れ、最終的に海や内陸の水域に注ぐ河川

At dawn, the fishermen pushed small boats into the river to reach the calm eddies where they cast their nets.

夜明けに漁師たちは小舟を川に入れ、穏やかな渦のある場所まで漕いで網を投げた。

意味（1）

A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, oftentimes ending in another body of water, such as an ocean or in an inland sea.

By the side of the river he trotted as one trots, when very small, by the side of a man who holds one spell-bound by exciting stories; and when tired at last, he sat on the bank, while the river still chattered on to him, a babbling procession of the best stories in the world, sent from the heart of the earth to be told at last to the insatiable sea.

意味（2）

Any large flow of a liquid in a single body.

a river of blood

意味（3）

(poker) The last card dealt in a hand.

He called instantly but was too ashamed to show until the river.

意味（4）

(typography) A visually undesirable effect of white space running down a page, caused by spaces between words on consecutive lines happening to coincide.

rivers （ plural ）