up the river

The ice blocks up the river, making the upstream water unable to flow.

冰把河道堵住了, 上游的水流不下来.

Sand has silted up the river delta.

泥沙把这条河的三角洲淤塞了。

You're going to clean up the river?

你要清理那条河？

They banked up the river to prevent flood.

他们筑河堤防止水灾.

We proceeded to drift on up the river.

我们继续向河流的上游漂流。

He followed up the river and found its source.

他溯河而上，寻找源头。

We have banked up the river to prevent flooding.

我们已沿河筑堤以防河水泛滥.

She tucked up her skirt and waded into the river.

她撩起裙子蹚水走进河里。

Further up the river, the vineyards start to thin out and the orange groves and almond trees take over.

继续溯流而上，葡萄园开始淡去，柑橘园和杏树多了起来。

We went twenty kilometers inland , up the river.

我们沿着河向上游走了20公里.

The tide, which had been running so fiercely up the river, was sluggish as it turned.

那冲向河口的滔滔浪潮也在慢慢地退缩.

Rowing up the river against its current was very hard work.

顶着激流向上游划船是一项很费力的工作。

They paddle their boat up the river.

他们划着小船往上游去了.

They are going to dam up the river to set up a hydropower station.

他们准备拦江筑坝建水电站.

He took me up the river about three miles in a boat.

然后带我上船逆流划行了三英里。

When are you going to clean up the river?

你们什么时候清理那条河？

They decided that their water conservancy project this winter was to bank up the river.

他们确定今冬兴修的水利项目是修筑河堤.

We proceeded to drift on up the river

我们继续向河流的上游漂流。

to travel up/down river (= in the opposite direction to/in the same direction as the way in which the river is flowing)

逆流而上；顺流而下

Grain used to be canoed up the river.

过去粮食由小划子运送到河的上游.

Rowing up the river against the current was very hard work.

逆流划船到上游是很困难的事.

The boat was going up the river.

船正在河上逆流而上.

He was sent up the river for a bank robbery.

他因抢劫银行而被捕入狱.

the clean-up of the river

河流清理

He has been up the river for more than ten years.

他入狱已十多年了.

We leaned on the wooden rail of the bridge and looked up the river.

我们靠在桥的木栏杆上，朝河望去。

The local people dammed up the river to make a lake for their water supply.

当地人把河水堵起来造湖,以便使用.

She hiked up her skirt and waded into the river.

她提起裙子走进河水中。

We leaned on the wooden rail of the bridge and looked up the river

我们靠在桥的木栏杆上，朝河望去。

Shall I row you up the river?

要我划你到河的上游去 吗 ?