flow是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 (especially of liquids, gases, or electricity) to move in one direction, especially continuously and easily -- （尤指液體、氣體或電）流動

  • Lava from the volcano was flowing down the hillside. 火山岩漿順著山坡往下流。

  • Many short rivers flow into the Pacific Ocean. 許多小河匯入太平洋。

  • The river flows through three counties before flowing into the sea just south of here. 這條河流在匯入此處正南邊的大海之前流經了三個郡縣。

  • With fewer cars on the roads, traffic is flowing (= moving forward) more smoothly than usual. 路上的車少了，交通比平時更通暢了。

• 1 to continue to arrive or be produced -- 持續抵達；持續供應（或生産）

  • Please keep the money flowing in! 請繼續投錢進來！

  • Offers of help are flowing into the disaster area from all over the country. 援助源源不斷地從全國各地到達災區。

  • My thoughts flow more easily if I work on a computer. 如果在電腦上工作，我的想法會更流暢一些。

  • By eleven o'clock, the wine was starting to flow. 到11點時，開始大量提供葡萄酒。

  • After they'd all had a drink or two, the conversation began to flow. 他們都喝了一兩杯之後，談話開始無拘無束起來。

• 2 to hang down loosely and often attractively -- 飄垂；飄拂

  • Her long red hair flowed down over her shoulders. 她紅色的長髮飄垂在肩頭。

• 3 the movement of something in one direction -- 流動；（向某方向的）移動

  • the flow of a river 河水的流動

  • the flow of traffic 車流

  • the flow of blood 血液的流動

• 4 a regular and quite large number of something -- 大量

  • There's been a steady flow of visitors. 參觀者絡繹不絕。

  • the flow of ideas/information 思想的流暢／資訊的流動