英语词汇“stream”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

stream

(striːm )

Word forms: streams , streaming , streamed

1. countable noun B1

A stream is a small narrow river.

There was a small stream at the end of the garden.

...a mountain stream.

Synonyms: river, brook, creek [US], burn [Scottish]

2. countable noun B2

A stream of smoke, air, or liquid is a narrow moving mass of it.

The window was open, letting in streams of cold sea air. [+ of]

Add the oil in a slow, steady stream.

3. countable noun B2

A stream of vehicles or people is a long moving line of them.

There was a stream of traffic behind him. [+ of]

4. countable noun B2

A stream of things is a large number of them occurring one after another.

The discovery triggered a stream of readers' letters.

...a never-ending stream of jokes.

We had a constant stream of visitors. [+ of]

Synonyms: succession, series, flood, chain

5. verb

If a liquid streams somewhere, it flows or comes out in large amounts.

Tears streamed down their faces. [VERB preposition/adverb]

She came in, rain streaming from her clothes and hair. [VERB preposition/adverb]

Synonyms: flow, run, pour, course

6. verb [usually cont]

If your eyes are streaming, liquid is coming from them, for example because you have a cold. You can also say that your nose is streaming.

Her eyes were streaming now from the wind. [VERB]

A cold usually starts with a streaming nose and dry throat. [VERB-ing]

7. verb

If people or vehicles stream somewhere, they move there quickly and in large numbers.

Hundreds of people were streaming into the banquet room. [VERB preposition/adverb]

The traffic streamed past him. [VERB preposition/adverb]

The clock in the church struck twelve, and soon after people began to stream out. [VERB preposition/adverb]

Synonyms: rush, fly, speed, tear

8. verb

When light streams into or out of a place, it shines strongly into or out of it.

Sunlight was streaming into the courtyard. [VERB preposition/adverb]

9. verb

If something such as a flag or someone's hair streams in the wind, it is blown so that it is almost horizontal.

She was wearing a flimsy pink dress that streamed out behind her. [VERB preposition/adverb]

He had been greeted by the sight of his mother, her red hair wildly streaming. [VERB]

Synonyms: float, fly, flap, flutter

10. verb

If you stream music, films, or television programmes, you play them directly from the internet.

A smart TV gives you the ability to stream TV shows and movies on demand. [VERB noun]

You can stream music to your stereo system from your mobile phone. [VERB noun to noun]

11. countable noun [with supplement]

In a school, a stream is a group of children of the same age and ability who are taught together. [British]

Examinations may be used to choose which pupils are to move into the top streams.

regional note: in AM, use track

Synonyms: group, grouping, set, class

12. verb

To stream pupils means to divide them into groups according to their ability. [British]

He advocates streaming children, and educating them according to their needs. [VERB noun]

[Also VERB]regional note: in AM, use track

streaming uncountable noun

There's no streaming at our school.

13. on stream phrase

If something such as a new factory or a new system comes on stream or is brought on stream, it begins to operate or becomes available.

20 big projects will come on stream over the next three years.

This spring the company will also bring on stream two new hotels.

14. See also jet stream

Image of stream

Idioms:

come on stream [mainly British]

to begin to operate fully. The usual American expression is come on line.

Faults at Romania's first nuclear power plant must be repaired before it comes on stream.

Collocations:

air stream

If you blow with a steady jet of air, you should make the ball hover in the air stream, without it falling to one side.

Times, Sunday Times

The high velocity supply air stream causes turbulence causing the room air to mix with the supply air.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

This causes the air stream to either speed up or slow down, respectively.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

This provides focus to the player's air stream and thus to his/her sound.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

To be louder, a flute must use a larger resonator, a larger air stream, or increased air stream velocity.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

light streams

Light streams in through 6ftdeep recesses from those 19th-century windows (now unobtrusively doubleglazed), which still have original wooden shutters.

Times, Sunday Times

Light streams through the enormous glass arched roof.

Times, Sunday Times

Natural light streams in from skylights and floor-to-ceiling french windows.

Times,Sunday Times

The day's hazy light streams in from above.

Times, Sunday Times

Even on a gloomy day, light streams down through vertical skylights that sit just above the former ceiling line.

Times,Sunday Times

reliable stream

The privatisation is likely to be popular with banks, because the loans provide a reliable income stream and come with government subsidies.

Times, Sunday Times (2007)

So, where do such investors look for options that can pay a reliable stream of income throughout retirement?

Times, Sunday Times (2015)

My most lucrative and most reliable income stream is my concert work.

Times, Sunday Times (2009)

stream down

Sunlight streams down on the rainbow hues of the veiled women selling fresh produce and iced cakes below.

Times, Sunday Times (2007)

But there it was, streaming softly down a window, even though the day beyond was conspicuously bright and sunny.

Times, Sunday Times (2019)

He added: ' Overnight on Sunday, the main feature will be colder air streaming down from the north.

Times, Sunday Times (2019)

stream of tourists

Tranquil though the cathedral and its surroundings may be, your time-out can be interrupted by a constant stream of tourists.

Times, Sunday Times

But on the glorious day of my visit there was a steady stream of tourists turning their backs on the sea to go to a nasty neighbourhood.

Times, Sunday Times

A steady stream of tourists and the presence of new residents encourage nightlife and entertainment.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

This has started a steady stream of tourists to the island which now supports a certain level of tourism infrastructure.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

It was such a scenery of exceptional charm that it attracts an endless stream of tourists.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

stream of traffic

I have just got three points for doing 46mph in a 40mph limit - as no doubt were the half dozen other motorists in the same stream of traffic.

Times, Sunday Times

Another way of overcoming unseen dangers would be to allow cyclists to ride against the stream of traffic so that they have a clear view of potential trouble.

Times, Sunday Times

Ride in the stream of trafficwhen you can match its speedor when you need to avoid car doorsor the mouth of a side road.

Times, Sunday Times

I drive in a constant stream of traffic doing 80mph nearly every day.

Times, Sunday Times

To break the priority streams of traffic so that others can cross.

Times, Sunday Times

stream of visitors

I managed the steady stream of visitors, two-by-two at the bedside, the maximum allowed, to say goodbye.

Times,Sunday Times

Our neighbours are not self-isolating, with a stream of visitors coming to their flat.

Times,Sunday Times

Turtles are surprisingly friendly and unfazed by the constant stream of visitors snorkelling down to look at them.

The Sun

Whoever buys the property should be prepared for a steady stream of visitors.

Times,Sunday Times

Strangers looked terrified of him and there was a constant stream of visitors at home, who would gather in his study for hushed conversations.

The Sun

stream of water

We can't see the electric charges, but the stream of water can feel them.

Times, Sunday Times

That laser beam, like a stream of water from a shower head, can be controlled so that it varies in intensity and pulse duration.

Times, Sunday Times

There’s a cool stream of water running through.

Smithsonian

He held the ruler near the thin stream of water running from the tap.

Times, Sunday Times

The dams, constructed from mud and sticks, leak a continuous stream of water, which allows the ponds to refill during heavy rainfall.

Times, Sunday Times

stream video

The equipment can be controlled from a distance and the pictures and video streamed to an iPad or computer.

Times, Sunday Times (2012)

sun streams

A weak sun streamed slantingly across the room, highlighting parts of the maze of the old carpet.

Thomas, Craig THE LAST RAVEN

Sunday morning sun streamed in early off the lake and woke me up about six o'clock.

Matthews, Lew A CONVICTION OF GUILT (2002)

The sun was streaming through the skeletal trees across the road.

Times, Sunday Times (2007)

sunlight streams

When the sunlight streams in through the windows, it looks like an oil painting.

Times, Sunday Times

Sunlight streams into the building at all levels.

Times, Sunday Times

Bright sunlight streams in through the skylights overhead, falling on five armchairs, which are lined up against the wall.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

Their ruffled petals neutralise the pastels as the sunlight streams through.

Times, Sunday Times

Next morning, sunlight streams through the bedroom window.

The Sun

tears stream

' Tears were streaming down his face.

The Sun (2008)

As we talk, tears stream down his cheeks.

Times, Sunday Times (2014)

Sometimes she ' d get so emotional singing that tears would stream down her face.

Times, Sunday Times (2009)

thin stream

Once the mixture has emulsified, add it in a thin stream.

The Sun (2015)

The thin stream of carbon that flows from the biological cycle to the geological cycle through burial represents just one part in a few thousand.

Oliver Morton Eating the Sun: How Plants Power the Planet (2007)

With the machine running, add the rest of the oil in a thin stream to make a thick, lumpy sauce.

Times, Sunday Times (2012)

Pour in 3 tablespoons of oil in a thin stream while blending.

Times, Sunday Times (2016)

underground stream

The dowser reported the discovery of a strong underground stream and when a borehole was sunk declared the water the cleanest tasting he had ever encountered.

Times, Sunday Times

The more superstitious began to blame the site's bad luck on a cursed underground stream said to course beneath the building.

Times, Sunday Times

Yet there was always an underground stream of the truth.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

The old castle dungeon had an underground stream, making it the ideal cold storage cellar or ice house.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

Clay was struck when a cutting was under construction followed by an underground stream.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

unending stream of

Beyond, across a stretch of wasteland, the traffic poured in an unending stream along the riverside expressway.

Stewart, Michael COMPULSION (2004)

The second years spent most of January giving us mock interviews and answering an unending stream of questions.

Times, Sunday Times (2008)

When money is cheap, investment in infrastructure offers an unending stream of temptations.

Times, Sunday Times (2012)

waste stream

About 40 per cent of all plastics are thought to enter the waste stream within a year of their production.

Times, Sunday Times

He’s also seeing more complexity in the waste stream, by which he means harder-to-recycle waste products composed of multiple materials.

Smithsonian Mag

Two full-time workers on each site moni-tored disposals to help to ensure nothing 'pollutes the waste stream'.

Times, Sunday Times

The problem occurs as the heat content of the waste stream varies.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

Since different industries have different feed for the centrifuge system, the waste stream will be different as well, and thus require different post treatments.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

Translations:

Chinese: 水流, 流

Japanese: 小川, 流れ出る

单词	stream
释义	stream (striːm ) Word forms: streams , streaming , streamed 1. countable noun B1 A stream is a small narrow river. There was a small stream at the end of the garden. ...a mountain stream. Synonyms: river, brook, creek [US], burn [Scottish] 2. countable noun B2 A stream of smoke, air, or liquid is a narrow moving mass of it. The window was open, letting in streams of cold sea air. [+ of] Add the oil in a slow, steady stream. 3. countable noun B2 A stream of vehicles or people is a long moving line of them. There was a stream of traffic behind him. [+ of] 4. countable noun B2 A stream of things is a large number of them occurring one after another. The discovery triggered a stream of readers' letters. ...a never-ending stream of jokes. We had a constant stream of visitors. [+ of] Synonyms: succession, series, flood, chain 5. verb If a liquid streams somewhere, it flows or comes out in large amounts. Tears streamed down their faces. [VERB preposition/adverb] She came in, rain streaming from her clothes and hair. [VERB preposition/adverb] Synonyms: flow, run, pour, course 6. verb [usually cont] If your eyes are streaming, liquid is coming from them, for example because you have a cold. You can also say that your nose is streaming. Her eyes were streaming now from the wind. [VERB] A cold usually starts with a streaming nose and dry throat. [VERB-ing] 7. verb If people or vehicles stream somewhere, they move there quickly and in large numbers. Hundreds of people were streaming into the banquet room. [VERB preposition/adverb] The traffic streamed past him. [VERB preposition/adverb] The clock in the church struck twelve, and soon after people began to stream out. [VERB preposition/adverb] Synonyms: rush, fly, speed, tear 8. verb When light streams into or out of a place, it shines strongly into or out of it. Sunlight was streaming into the courtyard. [VERB preposition/adverb] 9. verb If something such as a flag or someone's hair streams in the wind, it is blown so that it is almost horizontal. She was wearing a flimsy pink dress that streamed out behind her. [VERB preposition/adverb] He had been greeted by the sight of his mother, her red hair wildly streaming. [VERB] Synonyms: float, fly, flap, flutter 10. verb If you stream music, films, or television programmes, you play them directly from the internet. A smart TV gives you the ability to stream TV shows and movies on demand. [VERB noun] You can stream music to your stereo system from your mobile phone. [VERB noun to noun] 11. countable noun [with supplement] In a school, a stream is a group of children of the same age and ability who are taught together. [British] Examinations may be used to choose which pupils are to move into the top streams. regional note: in AM, use track Synonyms: group, grouping, set, class 12. verb To stream pupils means to divide them into groups according to their ability. [British] He advocates streaming children, and educating them according to their needs. [VERB noun] [Also VERB]regional note: in AM, use track streaming uncountable noun There's no streaming at our school. 13. on stream phrase If something such as a new factory or a new system comes on stream or is brought on stream, it begins to operate or becomes available. 20 big projects will come on stream over the next three years. This spring the company will also bring on stream two new hotels. 14. See also jet stream Image of stream © kukuruxa, Shutterstock Idioms: come on stream [mainly British] to begin to operate fully. The usual American expression is come on line. Faults at Romania's first nuclear power plant must be repaired before it comes on stream. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: air stream If you blow with a steady jet of air, you should make the ball hover in the air stream, without it falling to one side. Times, Sunday Times The high velocity supply air stream causes turbulence causing the room air to mix with the supply air. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This causes the air stream to either speed up or slow down, respectively. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This provides focus to the player's air stream and thus to his/her sound. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 To be louder, a flute must use a larger resonator, a larger air stream, or increased air stream velocity. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 light streams Light streams in through 6ftdeep recesses from those 19th-century windows (now unobtrusively doubleglazed), which still have original wooden shutters. Times, Sunday Times Light streams through the enormous glass arched roof. Times, Sunday Times Natural light streams in from skylights and floor-to-ceiling french windows. Times,Sunday Times The day's hazy light streams in from above. Times, Sunday Times Even on a gloomy day, light streams down through vertical skylights that sit just above the former ceiling line. Times,Sunday Times reliable stream The privatisation is likely to be popular with banks, because the loans provide a reliable income stream and come with government subsidies. Times, Sunday Times (2007) So, where do such investors look for options that can pay a reliable stream of income throughout retirement? Times, Sunday Times (2015) My most lucrative and most reliable income stream is my concert work. Times, Sunday Times (2009) stream down Sunlight streams down on the rainbow hues of the veiled women selling fresh produce and iced cakes below. Times, Sunday Times (2007) But there it was, streaming softly down a window, even though the day beyond was conspicuously bright and sunny. Times, Sunday Times (2019) He added: ' Overnight on Sunday, the main feature will be colder air streaming down from the north. Times, Sunday Times (2019) stream of tourists Tranquil though the cathedral and its surroundings may be, your time-out can be interrupted by a constant stream of tourists. Times, Sunday Times But on the glorious day of my visit there was a steady stream of tourists turning their backs on the sea to go to a nasty neighbourhood. Times, Sunday Times A steady stream of tourists and the presence of new residents encourage nightlife and entertainment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This has started a steady stream of tourists to the island which now supports a certain level of tourism infrastructure. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was such a scenery of exceptional charm that it attracts an endless stream of tourists. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 stream of traffic I have just got three points for doing 46mph in a 40mph limit - as no doubt were the half dozen other motorists in the same stream of traffic. Times, Sunday Times Another way of overcoming unseen dangers would be to allow cyclists to ride against the stream of traffic so that they have a clear view of potential trouble. Times, Sunday Times Ride in the stream of trafficwhen you can match its speedor when you need to avoid car doorsor the mouth of a side road. Times, Sunday Times I drive in a constant stream of traffic doing 80mph nearly every day. Times, Sunday Times To break the priority streams of traffic so that others can cross. Times, Sunday Times stream of visitors I managed the steady stream of visitors, two-by-two at the bedside, the maximum allowed, to say goodbye. Times,Sunday Times Our neighbours are not self-isolating, with a stream of visitors coming to their flat. Times,Sunday Times Turtles are surprisingly friendly and unfazed by the constant stream of visitors snorkelling down to look at them. The Sun Whoever buys the property should be prepared for a steady stream of visitors. Times,Sunday Times Strangers looked terrified of him and there was a constant stream of visitors at home, who would gather in his study for hushed conversations. The Sun stream of water We can't see the electric charges, but the stream of water can feel them. Times, Sunday Times That laser beam, like a stream of water from a shower head, can be controlled so that it varies in intensity and pulse duration. Times, Sunday Times There’s a cool stream of water running through. Smithsonian He held the ruler near the thin stream of water running from the tap. Times, Sunday Times The dams, constructed from mud and sticks, leak a continuous stream of water, which allows the ponds to refill during heavy rainfall. Times, Sunday Times stream video The equipment can be controlled from a distance and the pictures and video streamed to an iPad or computer. Times, Sunday Times (2012) sun streams A weak sun streamed slantingly across the room, highlighting parts of the maze of the old carpet. Thomas, Craig THE LAST RAVEN Sunday morning sun streamed in early off the lake and woke me up about six o'clock. Matthews, Lew A CONVICTION OF GUILT (2002) The sun was streaming through the skeletal trees across the road. Times, Sunday Times (2007) sunlight streams When the sunlight streams in through the windows, it looks like an oil painting. Times, Sunday Times Sunlight streams into the building at all levels. Times, Sunday Times Bright sunlight streams in through the skylights overhead, falling on five armchairs, which are lined up against the wall. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Their ruffled petals neutralise the pastels as the sunlight streams through. Times, Sunday Times Next morning, sunlight streams through the bedroom window. The Sun tears stream ' Tears were streaming down his face. The Sun (2008) As we talk, tears stream down his cheeks. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Sometimes she ' d get so emotional singing that tears would stream down her face. Times, Sunday Times (2009) thin stream Once the mixture has emulsified, add it in a thin stream. The Sun (2015) The thin stream of carbon that flows from the biological cycle to the geological cycle through burial represents just one part in a few thousand. Oliver Morton Eating the Sun: How Plants Power the Planet (2007) With the machine running, add the rest of the oil in a thin stream to make a thick, lumpy sauce. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Pour in 3 tablespoons of oil in a thin stream while blending. Times, Sunday Times (2016) underground stream The dowser reported the discovery of a strong underground stream and when a borehole was sunk declared the water the cleanest tasting he had ever encountered. Times, Sunday Times The more superstitious began to blame the site's bad luck on a cursed underground stream said to course beneath the building. Times, Sunday Times Yet there was always an underground stream of the truth. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The old castle dungeon had an underground stream, making it the ideal cold storage cellar or ice house. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Clay was struck when a cutting was under construction followed by an underground stream. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 unending stream of Beyond, across a stretch of wasteland, the traffic poured in an unending stream along the riverside expressway. Stewart, Michael COMPULSION (2004) The second years spent most of January giving us mock interviews and answering an unending stream of questions. Times, Sunday Times (2008) When money is cheap, investment in infrastructure offers an unending stream of temptations. Times, Sunday Times (2012) waste stream About 40 per cent of all plastics are thought to enter the waste stream within a year of their production. Times, Sunday Times He’s also seeing more complexity in the waste stream, by which he means harder-to-recycle waste products composed of multiple materials. Smithsonian Mag Two full-time workers on each site moni-tored disposals to help to ensure nothing 'pollutes the waste stream'. Times, Sunday Times The problem occurs as the heat content of the waste stream varies. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Since different industries have different feed for the centrifuge system, the waste stream will be different as well, and thus require different post treatments. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 水流, 流 Japanese: 小川, 流れ出る
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