flow

英 [fləʊ] 美 [floʊ]

• n. 流动；涨潮；流；流量
• vi. 流动；涌出；飘动；流畅
• vt. 淹没

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vi. 流,流动,循环

   run or spread smoothly like a river

2. vi. 垂; 飘拂

   wave to and fro; float in the air; flutter

n. (名词)

1. [S]流动,流量; 不断的供应

   a smooth steady movement or supply

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 流（动），流出，流入，川流不息
2. 涨潮
3. 泛滥
4. 流畅，连贯
5. 大量
6. 飘垂
7. 流量
8. 气流
9. 流水，迳流
10. 消耗量
11. 流速，流率
12. 生产量
13. 持续生产
14. 金流动性运营工作流
15. 浮游世界

v. 动词

1. （使）流动，川流不息
2. 涌出，流出，流泄
3. （使）泛滥
4. 涨
5. 垂（下）
6. 随风飘动，飘扬，飘拂
7. 流畅，流利，通顺
8. 溢过，淹没
9. 源自，来自，由来
10. 使充溢
11. 流通
12. 流过
13. 飞逝
14. 有的是，大量供应
15. 强烈感到
16. 循环
17. 滑动，滑行
18. 倾诉，诉说

英英释义

Noun:

1. the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)

2. the amount of fluid that flows in a given time

3. the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression

4. any uninterrupted stream or discharge

5. something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously;

   "a stream of people emptied from the terminal"
   "the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors"
   

6. dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas;

   "two streams of development run through American history"
   "stream of consciousness"
   "the flow of thought"
   "the current of history"
   

7. the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause;

   "the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation"
   "a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped"
   "the semen begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same time of life that the catamenia begin to flow in females"
   

Verb:

1. move or progress freely as if in a stream;

   "The crowd flowed out of the stadium"
   

2. move along, of liquids;

   "Water flowed into the cave"
   "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
   

3. cause to flow;

   "The artist flowed the washes on the paper"
   

4. be abundantly present;

   "The champagne flowed at the wedding"
   

5. fall or flow in a certain way;

   "This dress hangs well"
   "Her long black hair flowed down her back"
   

6. cover or swamp with water

7. undergo menstruation;

   "She started menstruating at the age of 11"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The government is trying to stop the increasing flow of refugees entering the country.
   政府正在设法阻止越来越多的难民流入本国。
2. The flow of melted snow cascaded down the mountainside and into the river.
   溶化的雪水如瀑布般沿着山崖边泻入河里。
3. I saw the ebb and flow of the sea.
   我目睹了海潮的涨落。
4. A free flow of water came from the pipe.
   水从管道里通畅地流了出来。
5. An expansion wave in accelerating flow broadens.
   膨胀波在加速流中变宽。
6. There is a steady flow of traffic in the morning.
   早上总有川流不息的来往车辆。

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. This river flowed southwest to the Atlantic Ocean.
   这条河流向西南，汇入大西洋。
2. She lost control and the tears began to flow.
   她禁不住泪如泉涌。
3. Her hair flowed over her shoulders.
   她的头发飘垂在肩上。
4. Conversation flowed freely when the speaker invited discussion.
   演讲人请大家讨论,于是人人畅所欲言。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. The low grounds along the river are annually flowed.
   沿河的低洼地每年都要受淹。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. The stream flows past the house.
   小溪从房子旁边流过。
2. Blood flows through our bodies.
   血液在我们体内循环。
3. Tears flowed down his cheeks.
   他泪流满面。
4. The old man's tears were flowing freely.
   老人的眼泪流出来了。
5. The tears flowed past from her eyes.
   泪水从她的眼中涌出。
6. Trucks and cars flowed along the highway all day.
   卡车和汽车整天在公路上川流不息。
7. Electricity flows through a copper wire.
   电流通过铜线。
8. The lines in this painting flow.
   这幅画线条流畅。
9. That's a rich city; money flows like water there.
   那是个富有的城市; 那里金钱如流水。
10. Her hair flowed down her back.
    她的头发飘垂在她的背后。
11. Her hair flowed over her shoulders.
    她长发披肩。
12. She let her hair down so that it flowed darkly over her shoulders.
    她让乌黑的头发披下来,飘垂到肩上。
13. The colored flags flow in the wind.
    彩旗迎风飘扬。
14. In front of the village there flows a stream.
    村前流过一条小溪。

用作名词 (n.)

1. I interrupted him while he was in full flow.
   他正在高谈阔论,我打断了他的话。
2. Now we have a reservoir regulating the river flow.
   现在我们有一个水库来调节河水的流量。
3. The tide is on the flow.
   正在涨潮。

～+of n. / pron.

1. I love the still flow of the river.
   我喜欢那条河静静的流水。
2. She expressed herself in a flow of words.
   她滔滔不绝地说明自己的想法。
3. The flow of oil had to be cut off because of the threat of fire.
   由于火势的威胁,不得不把油源切断。
4. The government is trying to stop the increasing flow of refugees entering the country.
   政府正在设法阻止越来越多的难民流入本国。
5. The flow of traffic is always slow at rush hours.
   在交通高峰时间,路上的车总是开得很慢。
6. The ebb and flow of the sea is certainly a sight to behold.
   海潮的涨落确实是个奇观。
7. His method of treating the disease goes against the flow of current medical opinion.
   他治疗这种病的方法同流行的医学观点背道而驰。

经典引文

• The flow Of sudden tears.

  出自： Shelley

• The natural flow of water towards the lower level of the sea.

  出自： H. Read

• All networks of radio and television and the flow of their waves.

  出自： R. L. Bruckberger

• The 'flow' country of Caithness and Sutherland, an open peat bog.

  出自：Daily Telegraph

• The water..was soon seen and heard to be flowing away at a rapid rate.

  出自： H. Allen

• Usually the canal flows north, but today it was completely still.

  出自： I. McEwan

• A little iron bridge..under which the small tortuous river flows.

  出自： O. Henry

• The stream of the unconscious continues to flow undisturbed.

  出自： fig.

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

flow away (v.+adv.)

流逝 pass rapidly
flow away
There was a block in the pipe and the water couldn't flow away.

管子内有阻塞物,水无法流走。
Time flows away.

时间流逝。

flow from (v.+prep.)

起因于…,产生于… result

flow in¹ (v.+adv.)

源源而来 receive in quantity

flow in² (v.+prep.)

流入 move in
flow in sth
The Thames River flows in the North Sea.

泰晤士河注入北海。
The cars flowed in steady stream along the main road.

汽车川流不息地沿着干道行驶。

flow into (v.+prep.)

流入 allow water to pass into
flow into sth
The Yellow River flows into the Bohai Sea.

黄河流进渤海。
Rivers flow into the sea.

百川归海。
European scientists, engineers, and technicians are flowing into the United States.

欧洲的科学家、工程师以及技术人员正在流入美国。
On the night of National Day crowds of people flowed into the park to watch firework.

国庆节之夜,成群结队的人涌入公园观看烟花。

flow out (v.+adv.)

大量地花掉 be spent or sent out in quantity

flow over¹ (v.+adv.)

泛滥 flood
flow over
The river flowed over.

那条河泛滥了。

flow over² (v.+prep.)

流过 pass
flow over sb
All her complaints just flowed over him.

她的那些牢骚对他都没有多大影响。
Office politics just seem to flow over him.

同事之间勾心斗角的事似乎并未波及他。 flow over sth
Water flowed over the sidewalks.

水在人行道上流。
The river flowed over the bank.

河水漫过堤岸。
Tears were flowing over his florid face.

他通红的脸上淌着眼泪。

flow to (v.+prep.)

流向 move to
flow to sth
The river flowed to the east.

河水向东流去。
The long line of cars flowed to the airport.

一长列汽车像水一样开往机场。
Money tends to flow to business that are already succeeding.

钱流入生意兴隆的商业。

flow with (v.+prep.)

被…漫过; 被…淹过; 富有… be covered with
flow with sth
The battlefield flowed with rivers of blood.

战场上血流成河。
Our motherland flows with natural resources.

我们国家自然资源非常丰富。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+副词

• flow freely 自由地流出来
• flow quietly 缓缓地流
• flow rapidly 流得很快
• flow out 流出

～+介词

• flow from several causes 由好几个原因造成
• flow in the wind 迎风招展
• flow into the sea 流入大海
• flow over banks 决堤
• flow through the city 流经这个城市
• flow to the North Sea 流入北海

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• alter the flow of the new channels 新开了几条渠道
• check the flow of blood 止血
• cut off the flow 切断供应
• facilitate the flow of blood 活血
• increase the flow of goods 加速商品流通
• interrupt sb's flow of thought 打断某人的思路
• obstruct the flow of the water 堵塞水流
• regulate a flow 调节流速〔流量〕
• retard the flow of the water 减慢水流

形容词+～

• constant flow 源源不断的流
• even flow 均匀的流速

名词+～

• air flow 气流
• production flow 生产流程

～+名词

• flow chart 流程图,作业图
• flow production 流水作业

～+介词

• a flow of blood from the cut 血从伤口流出
• a flow of distant melodies 远处荡漾的音乐声
• a flow of eloquence 口才流利
• a steady flow of news of victories 捷报频传
• the gentle flow of the river 河水缓缓地流淌
• a steady flow of traffic 川流不息的来往车辆

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. flow的基本意思是指如液体流动般地运动,可以是大量地,也可以是少量地; 可以是缓慢地,也可以是急速地。强调持续不断。可用于液体、车流、电流、语流等。flow还可表示“垂”或“飘拂”。
2. flow是不及物动词,其后可接away表示“流走”; 接from表示“从…流走”; 接in表示“流入”; 接out表示“流出”; 接over表示“泛滥”; 接to表示“流向”; 接with表示“被…淹过”或“富有…”。
3. flow表示位置的移动时相当于表存在的动词be,可用于there flow句型,且须主谓倒装。

n. (名词)

1. flow作名词是“流动,流量”的意思,可指气体或液体的流动,用作比喻义,可指人群、车辆等的流动。flow引申可作“涨潮”解。
2. flow只用作单数形式,后常与介词of连用。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

flow, pour, run, stream

• 这组词的共同意思是“流”“流动”。其区别是：
• 1.flow, run, stream和pour都可指液体流动; flow还可指气体流动; pour还可指光线、微粒等倾泻。
• 2.时间上:flow一般指源源不断地、长时间地流动; run既可以是源源不断地、长时间地流动,也可以是流动一段时间; stream和pour多指短时间地流动。
• 3.方向上:指液体流动时, flow是水平流动; run和stream既可水平流动,也可垂直流动; pour是垂直流动。
• 4.流速上:从快到慢依次为pour, stream, run, flow。具体说就是flow是平平稳稳地流动; run比较湍急; stream比run更有力; pour则是“倾泻”。
• 5.flow, stream和pour常用于比喻, run很少用于比喻。例如:
• The river was flowing quietly.河水静静流着。
• She let her hair down so that it flew darkly over her shoulders.她让乌黑的头发披散下来,飘垂到肩上。
• The river runs through hills and fields.河水流经山冈和田野。
• The water runs out of the pipe into the bucket.水自管内注入水桶中。
• Tears were streaming down her face.她脸上热泪滚滚而下。
• The students streamed into the auditorium.学生们络绎不绝地进入礼堂。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的flowan，意为流动。

近反义词

【近义词】

• gush
• run
• rush
• stream

【反义词】

• ebb 退潮