That which runs or flows, a stream; spec. a portion of a body of water, or of air, etc. moving in a definite direction.
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| 释义 | the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > current > [noun] (77) currentc1380 That which runs or flows, a stream; spec. a portion of a body of water, or of air, etc. moving in a definite direction. veina1500 A narrow stream or pool of water on the earth's surface; a rivulet. Obsolete. ford1563 (a) A tract of shallow water. (b) Used (like Latin vadum) for: The sea (rare). (c) poetic. A stream, current (primarily with reference to passage)… tide1585 transferred. A body of flowing water or other liquid; a stream, a current. poetic and rhetorical. vein1600 A channel, lane, or current within a body of water. Formerly also: †an ice lane (obsolete). Now rare. draught1601 A current, stream, flow. currency1758 The fact or condition of flowing, flow; course; concrete a current, stream. Obsolete. rare. stream-currenta1830 (see quots.). palaeocurrent1955 a current, usually of water, which existed at some time in the past, as inferred from the features of sedimentary rocks. Subcategories:— main part (4) — direction (2) — strong (4) — subsidiary (3) — under-current (13) — reverse (2) — opposite (3) — sea (20) — strong tidal (2) — flowing towards shore (2) — flowing from shore (3) — cross-current (1) — slipstream (2) — fact or condition of being carried by (2) — caused by wind (1) — caused by moving vessel (1) — specific wave-length fluctuation (1) — specific unit of flow (1) — spiral representing direction or speed (1) |
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