| 单词 | flow |
| 释义 | flow —flowable, adj. —flowability, n. /floh/, v.i. 1. to move along in a stream: The river flowed slowly to the sea. 2. to circulate: blood flowing through one's veins. 3. to stream or well forth: Warmth flows from the sun. 4. to issue or proceed from a source: Orders flowed from the office. 5. to menstruate. 6. to come or go as in a stream: A constant stream of humanity flowed by. 7. to proceed continuously and smoothly: Melody flowed from the violin. 8. to hang loosely at full length: Her hair flowed over her shoulders. 9. to abound in something: The tavern flowed with wine. 10. to rise and advance, as the tide (opposed to ebb). v.t. 11. to cause or permit to flow: to flow paint on a wall before brushing. 12. to cover with water or other liquid; flood. n. 13. an act of flowing. 14. movement in or as if in a stream. 15. the rate of flowing. 16. the volume of fluid that flows through a passage of any given section during a unit of time: Oil flow of the well was 500 barrels a day. 17. something that flows; stream. 18. an outpouring or discharge of something, as in a stream: a flow of blood. 19. menstruation. 20. an overflowing; flood. 21. the rise of the tide (opposed to ebb). 22. Mach. progressive distortion of a metal object under continuous service at high temperature. 23. Physics. the transference of energy: heat flow. [bef. 900; (v.) ME flowen, OE flowan; akin to MLG vloien, ON floa; (n.) late ME: surge of a wave, deriv. of the v.] Syn. 1. FLOW, GUSH, SPOUT, SPURT refer to certain of the movements characteristic of fluids. FLOW is the general term: Water flows. A stream of blood flows. To GUSH is to rush forth copiously from a cavity, in as large a volume as can issue therefrom, as the result of some strong impelling force: The water will gush out if the main breaks. SPOUT and SPURT both imply the ejecting of a liquid from a cavity by some internal impetus given to it. SPOUT implies a rather steady, possibly well-defined, jet or stream, not necessarily of long duration but always of considerable force: A whale spouts. SPURT implies a forcible, possibly sudden, spasmodic, or intermittent issue or jet: The liquid spurted out suddenly when the bottle cap was pushed in. SPOUT applies only to liquids; the other terms apply also to gases. 7. run. 9. teem. |
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