| 单词 | flow |
| 释义 | flow I. intransitive verb 1. a. b. < the grain flowed smoothly down the elevator chute > < water flowing over a dam > < molasses flows slowly in cold weather > c. of paint or other coatings < this paint flows very well with a roller > 2. a. obsolete b. 3. of water < the tide flows twice and ebbs twice in each 24 hours > 4. a. < his authority does not flow from his office alone > < wealth continues to flow from our commerce and industry > b. < money continued to flow in > 5. a. < a land flowing with natural resources > < wine flowed freely all evening > < rivers flowing with fish > b. < her heart flowed with gratitude > 6. a. < his speech flowed on to a summation > : issue easily or freely < words flowed from him as if from a faucet > b. < the flowing lines of the car > < the dress flowed and shimmered > 7. < his cloak flowed from his shoulders > < fair hair flowing in the light air > 8. transitive verb 1. a. < flowing oil over the swamp to kill mosquito larvae > b. c. 2. < flow land for irrigation > 3. < brought in a new oil well that flowed 100 barrels a day > < the cut flowed blood for some time > 4. 5. Synonyms: see spring • - flow by heads II. 1. < a sudden flow of tears > < the chuckling flow of rills and brooklets > 2. a. b. 3. a. < ideas arose in a steady flow as he worked > < a pleasing flow of distant melody > < there has been a satisfactory flow of capital to new enterprises > b. 4. < a rubble flow > broadly 5. a. < a system able to handle a flow of 100 gallons a second > b. 6. < the flow of her hair over her shoulders > < the draperies forming a continuous graceful flow across the three windows > 7. 8. a. b. < a good flow of milk > < the fall flow of honey > < a good sap flow last spring > 9. a. b. Synonyms: < the flow of water from the pipe > < the flow of lava from the volcano > < the steady flow of casualties from the front > < she helped Ruth into her coat, keeping up a cheerful flow of conversation — B.A.Williams > stream may focus attention on constant succession of individual units or on their volume or speed < a stream of water through the cellar wall > < a continuous stream of messages came in by courier — Irving Stone > < the stream of immigration turned toward middle and west Tennessee, where soils were deep and rich — American Guide Series: Tennessee > < Riverside Drive and the Henry Hudson Parkway with their constant stream of cars — American Guide Series: New York City > current strongly suggests the fact of running or flowing in a set direction with noticeable force < the main current of the stream > < the Labrador current in the Atlantic > < the current of air from the ventilator > < there are thus indications in the New Testament of several cross currents of thought, political and social, in the early Christian church — C.H.McIlwain > flood suggests abundant copiousness or torrential power < the trickle became a stream and then a flood — American Guide Series: Oregon > < the rising flood of students is very much like the barbarian invasions — Douglas Bush > < a flood of war orders that strained the capacity of factories long idle — Oscar Handlin > tide may suggest either surging power or periodic alternation of direction < the deadly glittering tide of Spanish conquest surged into Central and So. America — Marjory S. Douglas > < the tide of traffic flow recedes very rapidly and the movement of people out of doors after midnight is almost negligible — H.E.Agnew > < she was on the threshold of womanhood, borne this way and that by conflicting tides of feeling — Ruth Park > flux stresses constant change, sometimes in components, sometimes in direction < a brief illusion of stability in the eternal flux — P.E.More > < as far as nature is to us more than a flux lacking order in its mutable changes, as far as it is more than a whirlpool of confusions, it is marked by rhythms — John Dewey > III. 1. chiefly Scotland 2. chiefly Scotland < Scapa Flow > 3. Scotland |
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