In Old English: A spring, fountain; a stream or river. In later use: A small stream or brook. Now (except in the form bourn, n.1) chiefly northern.
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| 释义 | the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] (258) burnc1000 In Old English: A spring, fountain; a stream or river. In later use: A small stream or brook. Now (except in the form bourn, n.1) chiefly northern. strind?c1225 A stream, rivulet. stranda1240 A stream, brook, rivulet; transferred a stream (of blood, etc.). Obsolete. flowinga1382 concrete. That which flows, that which streams forth, a stream, a wave; also transferred a ‘stream’ or herd of animals. Now rare. gole?a1400 A stream, channel, ditch. watercoursea1450 A stream of water; a river, a brook; a canal. Also: an artificial channel for conveying water. Also occasionally figurative. riparya1475 A river, a stream. glide1590 concrete. A stream (obsolete); also, the gliding portion of a stream, a shallow. lympha1630 Pure water; water in general; a stream. Only poetic and rhetorical. stream1803 A rivulet or brook, as contrasted with a river. floss1865 A stream. strool1867 A stream (of water or other liquid). Also figurative. Subcategories:— streamling or streamlet (9) — brook or brooklet (12) — rill (9) — rivulet or runnel (23) — freshet (2) — subsequent (1) — force or violence (1) — re-emergence (2) — time when shallow (1) — bed of (9) — watercourse or channel (35) — torrent (10) — confluent (1) — intermittent (14) — underground (3) — utilizable for driving machinery (2) — channel for conveyance of water (61) — mill stream (1) — mill-race (19) — mill-tail (7) — in a mine (1) — other (20) — spec (1) — state of being full of streams (1) — underfitness (1) |
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