white-water
white-water — 名詞
1. fast, foamy water in a river, made when the current hurries over rocks and drops
急流
河中被岩石攪出白沫的湍急水流
fast, foamy water in a river, made when the current hurries over rocks and drops.
Defne gripped her paddle as the raft dropped into the white-water below the bridge.
Defne 緊握著船槳，橡皮艇衝進了橋下的急流。
drop into + the white-water
After the bend, the river became white-water and our guide shouted, 'Hold on!'
過了彎道，河水變成急流，我們的嚮導大喊：「抓緊！」
become + white-water
Femi signed up for a white-water rafting trip on the Colorado River.
Femi 報名參加了科羅拉多河的急流泛舟行程。
before a noun: white-water rafting / kayaking
Beginners should practise on calm lakes before paddling a kayak into white-water.
初學者應該先在平靜的湖上練習，再划著皮艇闖進急流。
- white-water rafting
- white-water kayaking
- rapids
Plural noun for the fast, rocky stretches of a river; it does not stress the white foam.
- whitewater
The same word written without the hyphen.
文法句型
white-water + noun
用法筆記
Often comes before another noun, as in white-water rafting or white-water kayaking. Distinguish from sense 2, which is rough water at sea, not in a river.
2. sea water where strong wind and big waves whip the surface into white foam.
白浪
海上風大浪高時翻起白沫的水面
sea water where strong wind and big waves whip the surface into white foam.
From the deck, Élise saw white-water breaking over the reef far from the shore.
Élise 從甲板上看到遠離岸邊的礁石上方翻騰著白浪。
white-water + breaking over [rocks]
The storm whipped the sea into white-water, and Captain Dario ordered the sailors below.
暴風雨把海面攪成一片白浪，Dario 船長命令水手們下到艙內。
whip / turn the sea into white-water
Fishermen waited in the harbour because the white-water outside was too rough for small boats.
漁夫們留在港內等待，因為港外的白浪對小船來說太洶湧了。
Zayd looked out at the white-water beyond the pier and decided not to swim.
Zayd 望著碼頭外的白浪，決定不下水游泳。
文法句型
turn + the sea + into white-water
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: the water here is sea or ocean, and the foam comes from big waves rather than rocks in a river.