English Dictionary

river

/ˈɹɪvə/

noun

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.

The river flows through the city.

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.