"rill" in Chinese (Traditional)
小溪溝渠
Definition
「rill」是指非常小的溪流,通常出現在自然界或由雨水沖刷地面形成,也可指由流水造成的小溝渠。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))
「rill」多用於科學、文學或詩歌語境,日常對話中很少見,比小溪還小,別和「ripple」(漣漪)混淆。常與「山」、「谷」、「侵蝕」等詞連用。
Examples
The rain made a small rill in the garden.
雨水在花園裡形成了一條**小溪**。
A rill flowed through the field after the storm.
暴風雨後,一條**小溪**流經田野。
The children watched water run down the hill and make a rill.
孩子們看到水順著山坡流下,形成了一條**小溝渠**。
After days of rain, several rills stretched across the meadow.
連日大雨後,好幾條**小溪**橫越草原。
You could hear the gentle sound of a rill trickling in the woods.
你能聽見樹林裡**小溪**潺潺的聲音。
Tiny rills formed patterns in the sand after the waves went out.
海浪退去後,細小的**溝渠**在沙灘上形成了圖案。