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rapids 音標拼音: [r'æpədz] [r'æpɪdz] n. 急湍 急湍 Rapid \ Rap" id\, Rapids \ Rap" ids\( r[ a^] p"[ i^] dz), n. [ Cf. F. rapide. See { Rapid}, a.] The part of a river where the current moves with great swiftness, but without actual waterfall or cascade; sometimes called { whitewater}; -- usually used in the plural; as, the Lachine rapids in the St. Lawrence. For boaters on the river, it is a place that can be hazardous, with danger of capsizing or crashing into large rocks. [ 1913 Webster PJC] Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast, The rapids are near, and the daylight' s past. -- Moore. [ 1913 Webster] Rapid- fire59 Moby Thesaurus words for " rapids": belch, burst, cascade, cataract, chute, collapse, comedown, crash, debacle, debouchment, declension, declination, defluxion, descending, descension, descent, dissiliency, down, downbend, downcome, downcurve, downfall, downflow, downgrade, downpour, downrush, downtrend, downturn, downward trend, drop, dropping, eructation, eruption, fall, falling, flare- up, gravitation, gush, inclination, jet, outbreak, outburst, plummeting, pounce, rapid, riff, riffle, ripple, rush, sault, shoot, spate, spew, spurt, stoop, swoop, torrent, volcan, waterfall
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