downstream

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

down·stream [downstream] adverb, adjective BrE [ˌdaʊnˈstriːm] NAmE [ˌdaʊnˈstriːm]
(also less frequent down·river) adverb ~ (of/from sth)
in the direction in which a river flows
•to drift/float downstream
•downstream of/from the bridge
•There's a village about a mile downstream.
•Hundreds of people were swept downstream in the floods.
Opp: ↑upstream
 
adjective
1. (also less frequent down·river)in a position along a river which is nearer the sea
•downstream areas
Opp: ↑upstream
2. happening as a consequence of sth that has happened earlier
•downstream effects
 
See also: ↑downriver

• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  upstream, upriver