rivulet

• n. 小溪，小河

來自意大利語 rivoletto,小河，小溪，來自 rivolo 小詞形式，該詞本身 rivo 的小詞形式，來自 拉丁語 rivus,河流，溪穀，來自 PIE*reie,流動，流水，奔跑，詞源同 run,Rhine.

rivulet (n.)

1580s, from Italian rivoletto, diminutive of rivolo, itself a diminutive of rivo "brook," from Latin rivus "stream, brook," from PIE *reiwos, literally "that which flows," from root *reie- "to flow, run" (see Rhine). For ending, see -let.

1. The school is located near the rivulet.

學校坐落在小河附近.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

2. They passed the dry bed of a rivulet.

他們跨過了一道幹涸的河床.

來自辭典例句

3. I see you hold the edge of your skirt strid a rivulet.

我看見你提起裙裾跨過小河.

來自互聯網

4. Few men , drinking at a rivulet, stop to consider its source.

飲水小河邊,無人思其源.

來自互聯網

5. The ploughs crossed and recrossed the rivulet marks.

耕犁在雨水流過的跡印上來回地劃了一列列的犁溝.

來自互聯網