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a fresh
此处 fresh 是名词，指淡水泉或溪流；作形容词时意为“新鲜的”，注意区分。
The travelers camped beside a fresh in the valley.
旅行者们在山谷里的一处泉水旁露营。
洪水；急流
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洪水；急流
A sudden rush or flood of water, along a river or onto the land.
The travelers camped beside a fresh in the valley.
旅行者们在山谷里的一处泉水旁露营。
沿河或漫过陆地的急流；洪水。
A rush of water, along a river or onto the land; a flood.
淡水溪流或泉。
A stream or spring of fresh water.
河流或海湾中淡水与盐水的混合,如因淡水洪流向海或入海而引起。
The mingling of fresh water with salt in rivers or bays, as by means of a flood of fresh water flowing toward or into the sea.
After the heavy rain, a fresh swept through the valley, flooding the farmland.
大雨过后，一股急流席卷山谷，淹没了农田。
The boat was carried downstream by the sudden fresh from the mountains.
船被山间突然涌来的洪水冲向下游。
Farmers checked the river level every morning during the spring freshes.
春天涨水期间，农民们每天早上检查河水水位。
此处 fresh 是名词，指淡水泉或溪流；作形容词时意为“新鲜的”，注意区分。
The travelers camped beside a fresh in the valley.
旅行者们在山谷里的一处泉水旁露营。
fresh 作名词表示洪水或急流时，复数形式为 freshes。
Spring freshes often flood the lowlands.
春汛常常淹没低地。
Not this
There were many fresh in the river after the storm.
Use this
There were many freshes in the river after the storm.
名词 fresh 意为“洪水；急流”，是可数名词，复数形式为 freshes。学习者常把它误当作形容词或不可数名词而不加复数，因此应使用 freshes 表示多股洪水。
Not this
The fresh water washed away the bridge.
Use this
The fresh washed away the bridge.
表示“洪水”时，应使用名词 fresh，而不是 fresh water（淡水）。fresh 作名词意为“洪水；急流”，此处去掉 water 以准确表达想要表达的意思，避免与形容词 fresh 混淆。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
Use fresh naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想：fresh的形容词义是“新鲜的淡水”，把名词义记成这股淡水变成的急流——淡水泉涨水成洪水，freshes就是奔涌的水。
语域：formal 常见场景：地理与水文描述、航海与海湾环境、文学或历史叙述 该名词义项属于正式或书面语，多用于地理、水文、航海或文学描写中，日常口语中很少出现。
Words with -esh (mesh, flesh, thresh) rhyme with fresh: they end in /ɛʃ/. Beware the -ess lookalikes press, dress, chess, which end in /ɛs/ and sound different.
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