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 -- （尤指液体、气体或电）流动

  • Lava from the volcano was flowing down the hillside. 火山岩浆顺着山坡往下流。

  • Many short rivers flow into the Pacific Ocean. 许多小河汇入太平洋。

  • The river flows through three counties before flowing into the sea just south of here. 这条河流在汇入此处正南边的大海之前流经了3个郡县。

  • With fewer cars on the roads, traffic is flowing (= moving forward) more smoothly than usual. 路上的车少了，交通比平时更通畅了。

• 1 to continue to arrive or be produced -- 持续抵达；持续供应（或生产）

  • Please keep the money flowing in! 请继续投钱进来！

  • Offers of help are flowing into the disaster area from all over the country. 援助源源不断地从全国各地到达灾区。

  • My thoughts flow more easily if I work on a computer. 如果在电脑上工作，我的想法会更流畅一些。

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

  • After they'd all had a drink or two, the conversation began to flow. 他们都喝了一两杯之后，谈话开始无拘无束起来。

• 2 to hang down loosely and often attractively -- 飘垂；飘拂

  • Her long red hair flowed down over her shoulders. 她红色的长发飘垂在肩头。

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

  • the flow of a river 河水的流动

  • the flow of traffic 车流

  • the flow of blood 血液的流动

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

  • There's been a steady flow of visitors. 参观者络绎不绝。

  • the flow of ideas/information 思想的流畅／信息的流动