英汉词典

flow 基本解释

• 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

flow 词态变化

flow 中文词源

来自PIE*pleu, 浮动，流动，词源同float, fleet, pluvial.

flow 英文词源

flow

flow: [OE] The prehistoric Indo-European *pleu-, ancestor of a heterogeneous range of English vocabulary, from fleet to plover, denoted ‘flow, float’. It had a variant form *plō-, which passed into Germanic as *flō-. This formed the basis of the Old English verb flōwan (whence modern English flow) and also of the noun flood.
=> fleet, flood, fowl, plover, pluvial

flow (v.)

Old English flowan "to flow, stream, issue; become liquid, melt; abound, overflow" (class VII strong verb; past tense fleow, past participle flowen), from Proto-Germanic *flowan "to flow" (cognates: Middle Dutch vloyen, Dutch vloeien, vloeijen "to flow," Old Norse floa "to deluge," Old High German flouwen "to rinse, wash"), probably from PIE *pleu- "flow, float" (see pluvial). The weak form predominated from 14c., but strong past participle flown is occasionally attested through 18c. Related: Flowed; flowing.

flow (n.)

mid-15c., "action of flowing," from flow (v.). Meaning "amount that flows" is from 1807. Sense of "any strong, progressive movement comparable to the flow of a river" is from 1640s. Flow chart attested from 1920 (flow-sheet in same sense from 1912). To go with the flow is by 1977, apparently originally in skiing jargon.

Go with the flow, enjoy the forces, let ankles, knees, hips and waist move subtly to soak up potential disturbances of acceleration and deceleration. ["Ski" magazine, November 1980]

flow 词组搭配

flow 英文释义

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

flow 同义词解析

flow, run, stream, pour

这些动词均有"流动，涌出"之意。

flow： 侧重水继续不断地往前流，不关心其流量的大小和速度的快慢。

run： 指液体向任何方向流动，暗示比flow快而有力。

stream： 指水或其它液体从源头流出，不断地朝某一方向流动，可用作引申。

pour： 通常指从高向低或从上向下的急剧流动。也可作引申用。

flow 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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flow 实用场景例句

She tried to stop the flow of blood from the wound.

她试图止住伤口流血。

牛津词典

an endless flow of refugees into the country

难民源源不断流入这个国家

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to improve traffic flow (= make it move faster)

改善交通流量

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to control the direction of flow

控制流向

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the flow of goods and services to remote areas

商品和服务对边远地区源源不断的供应

牛津词典

to encourage the free flow of information

鼓励信息自由交流

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data flow

数据流

牛津词典

You've interrupted my flow─I can't remember what I was saying.

你打断了我的话——我记不得我在说什么了。

牛津词典

As usual, Tom was in full flow .

汤姆如常地口若悬河。

牛津词典

Too many examples can interrupt the smooth flow of the text.

例子太多会使行文不流畅。

牛津词典

the ebb and flow of the tide

潮涨潮落

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...long black flowing hair.

飘逸的黑色长发

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The wine flowed and we danced the night away...

我们喝了很多酒，跳了一个晚上的舞。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The square was packed, and the cobbled streets flowed with coloured petals.

广场上挤满了人，鹅卵石铺就的街道上满是五颜六色的花朵。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He had been replying for some 40 minutes already and was still in full flow.

他已经就就此问题回答了 40 分钟左右，仍然不见有停下来的意思。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Lunch at Harry's Bar was in full flow when Irene made a splendid entrance...

当艾琳光彩照人地出现在门口时，哈里酒吧的午餐会正是热闹非凡。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The Everton keeper needed all his courage to thwart a charging Vinny Jones in full flow.

埃弗顿的守门员需要鼓足全部勇气才有可能抵挡住状态正佳的维尼·琼斯的冲锋射门。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

There's nothing I can do about the problem, so I might as well go with the flow.

关于这个问题我无能为力，所以我不如就顺其自然好了。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

In that moment a surge of hatred flowed through my blood...

那一刻，一股仇恨在我的血液中翻涌。

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Waves of emotion flowed across his huge face.

他那张大脸上一时间表情千变万化。

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Undesirable consequences flow from these misconceptions.

这些误解造成了不良的影响。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...the psychological effects that can flow from childhood experiences of sexual abuse.

可能由于儿时受到性侵犯而产生的心理影响

柯林斯高阶英语词典

His words flowed more readily.

他说得更加流利了。

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...a long white dress which flowed over her body.

她身上穿的一条飘逸的白色长裙

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A stream flowed gently down into the valley...

一条小溪潺潺流进山谷。

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The current flows into electric motors that drive the wheels.

电流流向电机，电机带动轮子转动。

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Large numbers of refugees continue to flow from the troubled region into the no-man's land...

大批难民不断从骚乱地区涌入无人地带。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Troops would patrol major roads to ensure that traffic flows freely throughout the country.

军队将在主要道路巡逻以确保全国的交通通畅。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

A lot of this information flowed through other police departments...

大量此类信息在警察机关其他部门中流传。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

An interest rate reduction is needed to get more money flowing and create jobs.

需要下调利率来推动资金流动以及创造就业机会。

柯林斯高阶英语词典