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.
实用例句
1. The school is located near the rivulet.
学校坐落在小河附近.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
2. They passed the dry bed of a rivulet.
他们跨过了一道干涸的河床.
来自辞典例句
3. I see you hold the edge of your skirt strid a rivulet.
我看见你提起裙裾跨过小河.
来自互联网
4. Few men , drinking at a rivulet, stop to consider its source.
饮水小河边,无人思其源.
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5. The ploughs crossed and recrossed the rivulet marks.