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flow

英 [fləʊ] 美[flo]
  • vi. 流动,涌流;川流不息;飘扬
  • vt. 淹没,溢过
  • n. 流动;流量;涨潮,泛滥
  • n. (Flow)人名;(英)弗洛

英英释意


1. the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
2. the amount of fluid that flows in a given time
3. the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
4. any uninterrupted stream or discharge
5. something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously;
"a stream of people emptied from the terminal"
"the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors"
6. dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas;
"two streams of development run through American history"
"stream of consciousness"
"the flow of thought"
"the current of history"
7. the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause;
"the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation"
"a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped"--Hippocrates
"the semen begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same time of life that the catamenia begin to flow in females"--Aristotle

双语例句


1. She unbound her hair and let it flow loose in the wind.
她把头发解开,让它随风飘动。

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2. These dams have restricted the flow of the river downstream.
这些堤坝限制了河水顺流而下。

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3. A French-based pharmaceuticals company ran into cash-flow problems and faced liquidation.
法国的一家制药公司陷入资金周转问题,面临清算的危机。

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4. She watched the frantic flow of cars and buses along the street.
她注视着街上小汽车和巴士汇成的滚滚车流。

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5. A barrage would halt the flow upstream and lift the water level.
一道拦河坝将会在上游拦住水流,抬升水位。

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