| 单词 | stream |
| 释义 | stream n. & v. --n 1. a flowing body of water, esp. a small river. 2. a the flow of a fluid or of a mass of people (a stream of lava). b (in sing. or pl.) a large quantity of something that flows or moves along. 3. a current or direction in which things are moving or tending (against the stream). 4. Brit. a group of schoolchildren taught together as being of similar ability for a given age. --v 1. intr. flow or move as a stream. 2. intr. run with liquid (my eyes were streaming). 3. intr. (of a banner or hair etc.) float or wave in the wind. 4. tr. emit a stream of (blood etc.). 5. tr. Brit. arrange (schoolchildren) in streams. Phrases and idioms go with the stream do as others do. on stream (of a factory etc.) in operation. stream-anchor an anchor intermediate in size between a bower and a kedge, esp. for use in warping. stream of consciousness 1. Psychol. a person's thoughts and conscious reactions to events perceived as a continuous flow. 2. a literary style depicting events in such a flow in the mind of a character. Derivatives streamless adj. streamlet n. Etymology: OE stream f. Gmc |
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