| 单词 |
river runner |
| 释义 |
river runner N. Amer.
[f. river n.1 + runner.]
a. One who drives a river-vessel.
b. One who engages in the leisure activity of running, or travelling down, a river in a small craft (as a rubber dinghy, etc.). Hence river run2, river running.
1913O. A. Rothert Hist. Muhlenberg Co. xxxi. 393 The coal barges were taken up and down the river by men known as ‘river runners’. 1962Nat. Geographic Apr. 561/1 (caption) River runners stop for a swim in the Little Colorado's Blue. 1965Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 28 Oct. (1970) 330 I'll never be satisfied after having been down the Snake River until I've become a river runner. 1968Sunset Mar. 34/2 On your first river-running excursion..you'll..welcome all the advice you can get. Ibid. (heading) What to take on a River Run. 1974C. F. Martin Sierra Whitewater 8 The drive from San Francisco Bay to good river runs is thus about an hour shorter than the drive to good skiing. 1976National Observer (U.S.) 24 Jan. 12/2 River running in an inner-tube, skeet shooting, and trout fishing are speedily arranged at minimal cost. |
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