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

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The word flow has many shades of meaning but most involve the steady movement of something. Water can flow in a river, electricity can flow through a wire, and talk might also flow as you sit and chat with friends.

The verb flow often describes the movement of fluids, such as water or even blood, but it can also describe other things that move in a constant stream. When you get that high-paying job, money might flow into your bank account. Until then, offers for help might flow in when you need to pay your credit card bill. Flow has a noun form as well. You might watch the flow of traffic on the street.

WORD FAMILY

flow: flowage, flowed, flowing, flows, inflow, overflow+/flowing: flowingly, flowings, inflowing/inflow: inflows/overflow: overflowed, overflowing, overflown, overflows/overflowing: overflowingly

USAGE EXAMPLES

After so many years of sales growth, the ebb and flow of the market cycle suggests the industry is due for some contraction.

Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017)

He maintains that even the small flow of American ships that visited Subic over the past year pumped roughly $500 million into the local economy.

Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017)

They also send messages to state government road-maintenance vehicles about traffic flows and road conditions.

Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017)

1v move along, of liquids

Water flowed into the cave

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course, feed, run

flush

flow freely

gush, jet

issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth

surge, tide

rise or move forward

circulate

move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point

eddy, purl, swirl, whirl, whirlpool

flow in a circular current, of liquids

run off, waste

run off as waste

run down

move downward

pour

flow in a spurt

run out, spill

flow, run or fall out and become lost

stream, well out

flow freely and abundantly

dribble, filter, trickle

run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream

drain, run out

flow off gradually

ooze, seep

pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings

gutter

flow in small streams

flush down, wash down

flow freely

ventilate

circulate through and freshen

spin

stream in jets, of liquids

gush, spirt, spout, spurt

gush forth in a sudden stream or jet

regurgitate

pour or rush back

leach, percolate

permeate or penetrate gradually

brim over, overflow, overrun, run over, well over

flow or run over (a limit or brim)

move

move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion

2v move or progress freely as if in a stream

The crowd flowed out of the stadium

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

flux

cockle, riffle, ripple, ruffle, undulate

stir up (water) so as to form ripples

transpirate, transpire

pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas

move

move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion

3v fall or flow in a certain way

Her long black hair flowed down her back

Syn

fall, hang

4v cause to flow

The artist flowed the washes on the paper

5n the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

flowing

fountain, jet

an artificially produced flow of water

ebb, reflux

the outward flow of the tide

backflow, backflowing

a flow that returns toward its source

air flow, airflow, flow of air

the flow of air

current, stream

a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)

freshet, spate

the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow

overflow, overspill, runoff

the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity

drippage, dripping

a liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves of house)

discharge, outpouring, run

the pouring forth of a fluid

flux, fluxion

a flow or discharge

ooze, oozing, seepage

the process of seeping

dribble, drip, trickle

flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid

emission

the occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe)

flush, gush, outpouring

a sudden rapid flow (as of water)

rush, spate, surge, upsurge

a sudden forceful flow

tidal current, tidal flow

the water current caused by the tides

rip current, riptide

a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore

undercurrent, undertide

a current below the surface of a fluid

regurgitation

backflow of blood through a defective heart valve

torrent, violent stream

a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid)

exudation, transudation

the process of exuding; the slow escape of liquids from blood vessels through pores or breaks in the cell membranes

intravenous drip

slow continuous drip introducing solutions intravenously (a drop at a time)

eddy, twist

a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself

maelstrom, vortex, whirlpool

a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)

jet, spirt, spurt, squirt

the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)

escape, leak, leakage, outflow

the discharge of a fluid from some container

debris storm, debris surge

the sudden spread of dust and debris from a collapsing building

onrush

a forceful forward rush or flow

springtide

a swelling rush of anything

ocean current

the steady flow of surface ocean water in a prevailing direction

change of location, travel

a movement through space that changes the location of something

6n the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression

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stream

release, spill, spillage

the act of allowing a fluid to escape

flood, outpouring, overflow

a large flow

effusion

flow under pressure

motion, move, movement

the act of changing location from one place to another

7n any uninterrupted stream or discharge

Hypo|Hyper

airstream, backwash, race, slipstream, wash

the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller

turbulent flow

flow in which the velocity at any point varies erratically

streamline flow

flow of a gas or liquid in which the velocity at any point is relatively steady

filling

flow into something (as a container)

flowage

gradual internal motion or deformation of a solid body (as by heat)

inflow, influx

the process of flowing in

effluence, efflux, outflow

the process of flowing out

sea

turbulent water with swells of considerable size

laminar flow

nonturbulent streamline flow in parallel layers (laminae)

inpour, inpouring, inrush

an inflow

refilling, renewal, replacement, replenishment

filling again by supplying what has been used up

action, activity, natural action, natural process

a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)

8n something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously

the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors

Syn|Hyper

stream

motion

a state of change

9n the amount of fluid that flows in a given time

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

flow rate, rate of flow

cardiac output

the amount of blood pumped out by the ventricles in a given period of time

rate

a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit

10n dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas

the flow of thought

Syn|Hyper

current, stream

course, line

a connected series of events or actions or developments

1v be abundantly present

The champagne flowed at the wedding

Hyper

be, exist

have an existence, be extant

2v cover or swamp with water

Hypo|Hyper

lap, lave, wash

wash or flow against

flood

cover with liquid, usually water

1v undergo menstruation

Syn|Hyper

menstruate

bleed, hemorrhage, shed blood

lose blood from one's body

2n the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

catamenia, menses, menstruation, menstruum, period

hypermenorrhea, menorrhagia

abnormally heavy or prolonged menstruation; can be a symptom of uterine tumors and can lead to anemia if prolonged

oligomenorrhea

abnormally light or infrequent menstruation

discharge, emission, expelling

any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body

单词	flow
释义	flow (once / 74 pages) 1vn 2v 3vn The word flow has many shades of meaning but most involve the steady movement of something. Water can flow in a river, electricity can flow through a wire, and talk might also flow as you sit and chat with friends. The verb flow often describes the movement of fluids, such as water or even blood, but it can also describe other things that move in a constant stream. When you get that high-paying job, money might flow into your bank account. Until then, offers for help might flow in when you need to pay your credit card bill. Flow has a noun form as well. You might watch the flow of traffic on the street. WORD FAMILY flow: flowage, flowed, flowing, flows, inflow, overflow+/flowing: flowingly, flowings, inflowing/inflow: inflows/overflow: overflowed, overflowing, overflown, overflows/overflowing: overflowingly USAGE EXAMPLES After so many years of sales growth, the ebb and flow of the market cycle suggests the industry is due for some contraction. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) He maintains that even the small flow of American ships that visited Subic over the past year pumped roughly $500 million into the local economy. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) They also send messages to state government road-maintenance vehicles about traffic flows and road conditions. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1v move along, of liquids Water flowed into the cave Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper course, feed, run flush flow freely gush, jet issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth surge, tide rise or move forward circulate move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point eddy, purl, swirl, whirl, whirlpool flow in a circular current, of liquids run off, waste run off as waste run down move downward pour flow in a spurt run out, spill flow, run or fall out and become lost stream, well out flow freely and abundantly dribble, filter, trickle run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream drain, run out flow off gradually ooze, seep pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings gutter flow in small streams flush down, wash down flow freely ventilate circulate through and freshen spin stream in jets, of liquids gush, spirt, spout, spurt gush forth in a sudden stream or jet regurgitate pour or rush back leach, percolate permeate or penetrate gradually brim over, overflow, overrun, run over, well over flow or run over (a limit or brim) move move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion 2v move or progress freely as if in a stream The crowd flowed out of the stadium Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper flux cockle, riffle, ripple, ruffle, undulate stir up (water) so as to form ripples transpirate, transpire pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas move move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion 3v fall or flow in a certain way Her long black hair flowed down her back Syn fall, hang 4v cause to flow The artist flowed the washes on the paper 5n the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases) Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper flowing fountain, jet an artificially produced flow of water ebb, reflux the outward flow of the tide backflow, backflowing a flow that returns toward its source air flow, airflow, flow of air the flow of air current, stream a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes) freshet, spate the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow overflow, overspill, runoff the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity drippage, dripping a liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves of house) discharge, outpouring, run the pouring forth of a fluid flux, fluxion a flow or discharge ooze, oozing, seepage the process of seeping dribble, drip, trickle flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid emission the occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe) flush, gush, outpouring a sudden rapid flow (as of water) rush, spate, surge, upsurge a sudden forceful flow tidal current, tidal flow the water current caused by the tides rip current, riptide a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore undercurrent, undertide a current below the surface of a fluid regurgitation backflow of blood through a defective heart valve torrent, violent stream a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid) exudation, transudation the process of exuding; the slow escape of liquids from blood vessels through pores or breaks in the cell membranes intravenous drip slow continuous drip introducing solutions intravenously (a drop at a time) eddy, twist a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself maelstrom, vortex, whirlpool a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides) jet, spirt, spurt, squirt the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid) escape, leak, leakage, outflow the discharge of a fluid from some container debris storm, debris surge the sudden spread of dust and debris from a collapsing building onrush a forceful forward rush or flow springtide a swelling rush of anything ocean current the steady flow of surface ocean water in a prevailing direction change of location, travel a movement through space that changes the location of something 6n the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper stream release, spill, spillage the act of allowing a fluid to escape flood, outpouring, overflow a large flow effusion flow under pressure motion, move, movement the act of changing location from one place to another 7n any uninterrupted stream or discharge Hypo\|Hyper airstream, backwash, race, slipstream, wash the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller turbulent flow flow in which the velocity at any point varies erratically streamline flow flow of a gas or liquid in which the velocity at any point is relatively steady filling flow into something (as a container) flowage gradual internal motion or deformation of a solid body (as by heat) inflow, influx the process of flowing in effluence, efflux, outflow the process of flowing out sea turbulent water with swells of considerable size laminar flow nonturbulent streamline flow in parallel layers (laminae) inpour, inpouring, inrush an inflow refilling, renewal, replacement, replenishment filling again by supplying what has been used up action, activity, natural action, natural process a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) 8n something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors Syn\|Hyper stream motion a state of change 9n the amount of fluid that flows in a given time Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper flow rate, rate of flow cardiac output the amount of blood pumped out by the ventricles in a given period of time rate a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit 10n dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas the flow of thought Syn\|Hyper current, stream course, line a connected series of events or actions or developments 2 1v be abundantly present The champagne flowed at the wedding Hyper be, exist have an existence, be extant 2v cover or swamp with water Hypo\|Hyper lap, lave, wash wash or flow against flood cover with liquid, usually water 3 1v undergo menstruation Syn\|Hyper menstruate bleed, hemorrhage, shed blood lose blood from one's body 2n the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper catamenia, menses, menstruation, menstruum, period hypermenorrhea, menorrhagia abnormally heavy or prolonged menstruation; can be a symptom of uterine tumors and can lead to anemia if prolonged oligomenorrhea abnormally light or infrequent menstruation discharge, emission, expelling any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body
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