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.
雙語例句
1. The school is located near the rivulet.
學校坐落在小河附近.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
2. They passed the dry bed of a rivulet.
他們跨過了一道干涸的河床.
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(lián)網(wǎng)
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(lián)網(wǎng)
5. The ploughs crossed and recrossed the rivulet marks.