Front | ford |
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Pron | [fɔːrd] |
Back | 【ford】 n.涉水 The stream was to deep that we could not ford it. 河水太深了,以致于我们无法涉水而过。 |
Vocab | fordcross a river where it's shallow
When you’re out hiking in the wilderness, you may have to ford a river if there’s no bridge. Roll up your pant legs because you'll have to wade through the water at a shallow point. The verb ford describes crossing a body of water on foot at a shallow point or driving across it in a vehicle. The idea is that you’re not using a bridge or a boat to cross the water. Ford also has a noun form, meaning a shallow point in a river or stream. So if you ever have to ford a river, make sure you cross at the ford — the shallow point — or you could get very wet. All forms of 'ford' will appear on average once every 1250 pages. ford fordable fording |
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