Her children's ages range from three to eighteen.

These may range from coarse silt to sand or peble size.

这些颗粒的大小变化范围,从粗粉砂级到砂级或细砂级.

He was rangy, leathery, sun-baked and virile.

他又高又瘦, 皮肤坚韧, 饱受风霜,而且强健有力.

As ransoms go up and get paid, pirates will think it worth taking the risk.

这个理由还是很有道理的:赎金越来越高,而且还能顺利拿到手.难怪海盗会觉得值得冒这个险.

Mine ransoms yours and yours must ransom me.

我赎你的罪,你也赎我的败行.

We had to travel across a stretch of rapids to reach the destination.

我们不得不跨过急流险滩到达目的地.

They were in full rapids now, the water solid white and tearing them toward the falls.

这时他们已经到了激流中心, 滚滚白浪把他们朝着瀑布推去.

The rapids near this town bring difficulties for canal makers.

这个镇附近的急流给运河建造者带来了麻烦.

Only a shallow boat can shoot this stretch of the rapids.

只有浅身船只才可穿过这片急流.

There were no mountains to climb in Manhattan , no rapids to ride.

上下跑楼梯对我有益处.

This legendary path boasts class I to V rapids that rival the west's Colorado.

这传奇的I-V级的河段使得它可以和西部的科罗拉多媲美.

A point where water-falls or rapids suddenly drop from a higher level to the lower one.

瀑布线指的是瀑布急速地从高处向低处流泻的点.

The force of the rapids had been terrifying.

这道激流水势实在厉害.

Where there are rapids and waterfalls everywhere.

在那里到处有急流和瀑布.

Life can be a steep mountain, a turbulent rapids, Epiphyllum an instant.

人生可以是一座陡峭的高山, 一条动荡的急流, 一朵瞬间的昙花.

Lisa Sandin lives in Big Rapids, Michigan, where she is raising her kids.

丽莎·山顿住在密歇根的大瀑布城, 抚养着她的孩子们.

to shoot the rapids (= to travel quickly over them in a boat)

穿过急流

The boat shot the rapids.

小船迅速通过急流.

They shot some pretty weirs and rapids.

他们看到了一些美丽的堰坎和湍滩.

Hearn fastened the vine about his belt, and stepped out into the rapids.

俟思把藤索在腰里系好, 闯进激流.

Jim traveled through the rapids in a canoe.

吉姆划著独木舟穿越急流.