English Dictionary

river runner

名詞

アメリカ英語

(chiefly US) A raft, kayak, or similar watercraft used especially for traveling with the current of a river in a swift manner. / (chiefly US) A person who uses such a watercraft.

日本語の意味

急流を下るために用いる筏、カヤックまたは類似の水上乗り物 / そのような水上乗り物を使用する人

The river runner shot through the canyon's whitewater, a blur of spray and grin.

川下り用のいかだが峡谷の激流を突き進み、しぶきと笑顔が入り混じっていた。

意味（1）

(chiefly US) A raft, kayak, or similar watercraft used especially for traveling with the current of a river in a swift manner.

There are many ways to go down a whitewater river. . . . If you paddle a play boat, you will play. If you paddle a more stable river runner, you may play a little less or a little differently.

意味（2）

(chiefly US) A person who uses such a watercraft.

Books like WHITEWATER RAFTING by William McGinnis, go into great, and very necessary, detail to explain all of the hazards which the river runner may have to face and the proper procedures which should be followed to negotiate each of these.

意味（3）

(chiefly US) A recreational or commercial boat used for regular operation on a riverway.

In 1919, C.P. built a true work of art, a 26-foot mahogany river runner, with a stepped hull and an aft cockpit

意味（4）

(chiefly US) A person who is an experienced worker or traveler on a riverway.

[I]t was Captain Tod Halsey who had the responsibility of the whole thing. If the great marble shaft couldn't be dragged up the face of the bluff, the squint-eyed old river runner would be the loser.

river runners （ plural ）