C 河，江 a wide natural stream of water flowing between banks into a lake, into another wider stream, or into the sea

　cross a ～　过河
　deepen a ～　挖深河流
　drown oneself in a ～　投河
　embank a ～　修筑河堤
　fall into the ～　流入河中
　fish the ～　在河里钓鱼
　ford a ～　涉水过河
　go down a ～　沿河顺流而下
　go up a ～　沿河逆流而上
　net a ～　在河上撒网
　pour out...into the ～　往河里倾倒…
　sail down the ～　乘〔驾〕船顺流而下
　sell sb down the ～　出卖〔背叛〕某人
　swim in the ～　在河里游泳
　tame a ～　治理河流
　walk along the ～　沿着河边走
　widen a ～　加宽河道
　big ～　大河
　busy ～　交通繁忙的河流
　commercial ～　通商河流
　crisscrossing ～s　纵模交错的河流
　deep ～　水深的河流
　frozen ～　封冻的河
　inland ～　内河
　large ～　大河
　long ～　长河
　narrow ～　窄小的河流
　shallow ～　水浅的河流
　small ～　小河
　swift-running ～　湍急的河流
　turbulent ～　汹涌澎湃的河流
　wide ～　宽阔的河流
　the Mississippi R-　密西西比河
　the Yangtze R-　长江
　～ steamer　内河轮船
　～ delta　河口三角洲
　～ bank　河岸
　～ basin　流域
　～ island　河中小岛
　～ silt　河泥
　～ traffic　内河航运
　the ～ mouth　河口
　the R- Thames　泰晤士河
　bridge across a ～　河上的桥
　along the ～　沿河
　beyond the ～　河对岸
　down ～　河的下游，顺流而下
　in the ～　在河中
　bank of the ～　河岸
　bottom of the ～　河底
　depth of the ～　河水的深度
　middle and lower reaches of ～　江河中下游地区
　source of a ～　河的发源地
　waters of the ～　河水
　on the ～　在河上
　over the ～　跨河上，在河上
　up ～　河的上游
　～s of blood　血流成河
　a ～ of lava　熔岩流

　Here the river takes an abrupt bend to the west.　这条河在这里急转向西流去。
　The river rises from a spring.　这条河发源于一处泉水。
　The river roared him to sleep.　河流的奔腾声使他入睡了。
　The river is rising after the rain.　河水在雨后涨了起来。
　The river is running over its banks and we shall be flooded.　河水正漫过堤岸，我们要遭水灾了。
　The river meets the ocean at the city of New York.　那条河在纽约汇入海洋。
　I'll raise both hands in favour of damming the river.　我举双手赞成拦河筑坝。
　Only after they had crossed the river did they realize how great their danger had been.　只是过河之后他们才意识到刚才是多么危险。
　The railway line follows the river for several miles.　铁路线沿着河流延伸几英里。
　The Romans founded a great city on the banks of this river.　罗马人在这河岸上建立了一座大城市。
　The park comprehends all the land on the other side of the river.　这公园的范围包括了河对岸所有的土地。
　The village was defended by a river.　这个村庄有一条河防护着。
　The city's population prepared to flee heat for the relative cool of the rivers.　该市居民准备逃到天气较为凉爽的江河流域避暑。
　We boated down the river.　我们乘船顺水而下。
　Ships raced along on the river.　船只在河上疾驶而过。
　Our campus reaches down to the river.　我们的校园一直延伸到河边。
　There are plenty of fish in the river, and good baits on my line, but the fish are getting clever and refuse to rise to the bait today.　河里的鱼很多，我钓线上的鱼饵也蛮好，可这些鱼越来越狡猾，今天就是不上钩。
　He rowed across the river.　他划船到河对岸去。
　The general ranged themselves along the river bank.　将军命令他的士兵沿河岸排队。
　They accumulated a large amount of river mud for fertilizer.　他们积累了大量河泥用作肥料。
　Rivers of blood flowed during the war.　战争期间血流成河。

 ♣ sell down the river
　出卖（某人）　betray sb, usually for one's own advantage
　Those African leaders have now fallen victims of neocolonialism and sold their fellow Africans down the river.　那些非洲领袖现已沦为新殖民主义的牺牲品而将同胞出卖了。

 ♣ river, branch, brook, canal, creek, stream, torrent
　参见branch条。

1. 我们在河里划船。
　［误］ We row a boat in the river.
　［正］ We row a boat on the river.
　［析］ “在河里划船”的介词用on不用in.
2. 哈尔滨在松花江畔。
　［误］ Harbin is by the Songhua River.
　［正］ Harbin is on the Songhua River.
　黄浦江上有座桥。
　［误］ There is a bridge on the Huangpu River.
　［正］ There is a bridge over〔across〕 the Huangpu River.
　［析］ “江畔有城”用介词on，“江上有桥”用介词over或across.

　［同义词］ riverway, stream, waterway
　［词源］　古法语riviere<拉丁语riparius（江，河岸）