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Downriver means in the direction the river water is already going — toward the mouth, toward the sea, away from the hills where the river starts. You can go downriver by boat, or talk about a town downriver from here. The opposite is upriver. It works as an adverb (they drifted downriver) and as an adjective (downriver villages). Downstream is almost the same idea; downriver just names a river, not a stream. Though actually “down” here does not mean south. A river can flow north; downriver still follows the current.
往下游、下游的
組成down- + river. Down the river, with the flow.
同家族的字
- upriverthe opposite direction, toward the start of the river
- downstreamthe same idea, said with stream instead of river
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Downrivername
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A region of the Detroit metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Michigan south of Detroit, along the western shore of the Detroit River covering 18 municipalities, Allen Park, Brownstown Charter Township, Ecorse, Flat Rock, Gibraltar, Grosse Ile Township, Huron Charter Township, Lincoln Park, Melvindale, River Rouge, Riverview, Rockwood, Romulus, Southgate, Taylor, Trenton, Woodhaven and, Wyandotte.
downriveradj
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Closer to the mouth of a river
- My house is downriver to his.
downriveradv
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Travelling in the direction of the river current.
- It is easier to paddle downriver.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。