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单词 flow
释义
flow
verb[I]
uk
/fləʊ/us
/floʊ/

flowverb[I](MOVE)

B1
(especiallyofliquids,gases, orelectricity) tomovein onedirection,especiallycontinuouslyandeasily:
（尤指液体、气体或电）流动
Lava from thevolcanowas flowingdownthehillside.火山岩浆顺着山坡往下流。
ManyshortriversflowintothePacificOcean.许多小河汇入太平洋。
Theriverflowsthroughthreecountiesbefore flowingintotheseajustsouthof 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 fewercarson theroads,trafficis flowing(=movingforward)moresmoothlythanusual.路上的车少了，交通比平时更通畅了。
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  • Everyday, 30 milliongallonsofuntreatedhumanwasteflow from Ciudad Juarez into the Rio Grande.
  • Theteacherdrewadiagramshowinghow thebloodflows through theheart.
  • There's alovelystreamthat flows throughtheirgarden.
  • Theroadwasblockedfor twohoursafter theaccident, buttrafficis now flowingsmoothlyagain.
  • Thepipescreakedaswaterflowed through thesystem.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Movement of liquids
  • backsplash
  • be dripping withsomethingidiom
  • bleed
  • decant
  • drainage
  • drip
  • eddy
  • leakage
  • ripple
  • run a bathphrase
  • runsomeone/somethingover
  • runnel
  • seep
  • seepage
  • spate
  • swill
  • swirl
  • topsomethingup
  • trickle
  • tub
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Electricity & electronics

flowverb[I](CONTINUE)

tocontinuetoarriveor beproduced:
持续抵达；持续供应（或生产）
Pleasekeepthemoneyflowingin!请继续投钱进来！
Offers ofhelpare flowingintothedisasterareafrom all over thecountry.援助源源不断地从全国各地到达灾区。
Mythoughtsflow moreeasilyif Iworkon acomputer.如果在电脑上工作，我的想法会更流畅一些。
By eleven o'clock, thewinewasstartingto flow.到11点时，开始大量提供葡萄酒。
After they'd all had adrinkor two, theconversationbeganto flow.他们都喝了一两杯之后，谈话开始无拘无束起来。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Continue & last
  • (it's) business as usualidiom
  • bash on
  • carry(something)on
  • cease
  • cont.
  • contd
  • echo
  • insist ondoing something
  • jag
  • keep atsomething
  • keepsomeoneat itidiom
  • leg
  • push ahead
  • push on
  • run on
  • runsomeone/somethingover
  • seesomethingout
  • soldier
  • span
  • spin
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flowverb[I](HANG DOWN)

tohangdownlooselyand oftenattractively:
飘垂；飘拂
Herlongredhairflowed down over hershoulders.她红色的长发飘垂在肩头。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Electricity & electronics
  • anti-static
  • arc
  • bitstream
  • brownout
  • capacitance
  • chargeable
  • charged
  • conduct
  • electromagnetism
  • generate
  • hydropower
  • negatively
  • non-electric
  • non-electrical
  • non-electronic
  • non-polar
  • photoelectric
  • piezoelectric
  • pylon
  • resistance
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Hanging and suspending
flow
noun
uk
/fləʊ/us
/floʊ/

flownoun(MOVEMENT)

B2[Cusually singular]
themovementof something in onedirection:
流动；（向某方向的）移动
the flowofariver河水的流动
the flowoftraffic车流
the flowofblood血液的流动
More examples
  • Ligatures are used insurgerytostopthe flow of ableedingartery.
  • The country'sasylumlawswereamendedtostaunchthe flow ofeconomicmigrants.
  • They arebroadeningthebridgetospeedup the flow oftraffic.
  • Shetiedahandkerchiefaround thewoundtostemthe flow ofblood.
  • Diets that are high insaturatedfatandcholesteroltendtoclogupourarteries,therebyreducingthe flow ofblood.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Movement of liquids
  • backsplash
  • be dripping withsomethingidiom
  • bleed
  • decant
  • drainage
  • drip
  • eddy
  • leakage
  • ripple
  • run a bathphrase
  • runsomeone/somethingover
  • runnel
  • seep
  • seepage
  • spate
  • swill
  • swirl
  • topsomethingup
  • trickle
  • tub
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flownoun(CONTINUOUS NUMBER)

[Cusually singular]
aregularandquitelargenumberof something:
大量
There's been asteadyflowofvisitors.参观者络绎不绝。
[S]
asituationin which something isproducedormovedcontinuously:
不断的供应；流，流动
the flowofideas/information思想的流畅／信息的流动
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  • The country'sasylumlawswereamendedtostaunchthe flow ofeconomicmigrants.
  • Thecurrentstructuredoes notfacilitateefficientworkflow.
  • They areworriedthat the flow oftouristscouldswellinto anunmanageabletorrentif there are nocontrols.
  • He'scurrentlyexperiencingproblemswith hiscashflow.
  • There is astimulatingflow ofideasbetween thedepartments.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
General words for size and amount
  • -sized
  • amount
  • bulk
  • content
  • element
  • extent
  • footprint
  • good things come in small packagesidiom
  • level
  • load
  • measure
  • much
  • number
  • order
  • percent
  • quota
  • ration
  • small-scale
  • so muchidiom
  • strength
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Continue & last

Idioms

go against the flow
go with the flow
(Definition offlowfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

flow| American Dictionary

flow
verb[I]
us
/floʊ/
(esp. ofliquids,gases, orelectricity) tomovein onedirection,esp.continuouslyandeasily:
Air flows over an aircraft’swingfasterthan it flows under it.
Lava from thevolcanowas flowing down thehillside.
Anelectricalcurrentflows frompositivetonegative.
Manyriversflow into thePacificOcean.
With fewercarson theroads,trafficis flowing(=movingforward)moresmoothlythanusual.
fig.Mythoughtsflow moreeasily(= I canthinkmoreeasily)if Iworkon a wordprocessor.
Something can be said to flow if ithangsdownlooselyandattractively:
Herlong,redhairflowed down overshoulders.
flow
noun[Cusually sing]
us
/floʊ/
movementof aliquid:
Thisdrugincreasesthe flow ofbloodto theheart.
fig.Musicinterruptedthe flow of theconversation(= theregularexchangebetweenspeakers).
earth science
A flow is alsolargemassofmaterial, such aslava(=meltedrockfrom avolcano), that is flowing or has flowed in the past.
(Definition offlowfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

flow| Business English

flow
verb[I]
uk
/fləʊ/us
ifmoney,goods, etc. flow, theymovefrom onecompany,organization, orplaceto another inlargeamounts:
Capital mustflowfreelyaround theworldinordertoensureinternationalprosperity.
flow in/out/backAsrevenuecomes in it will flow back toinvestors.
flow into/through/out of sthThemoneyflowing intoonlineadvertisingtoday islargelyfromdirectmarketingcompanies.
ifdiscussionsorideasflow,peopletalkandexchangeinformationin arelaxedway:
Ideas flow moreeasilyin anatmosphereoftrust.

Phrasal verbs

flow from sth
flow through to sb/sth
flow
noun[CorU]
uk
/fləʊ/us
asituationin which alargeamountofmoneyorgoodsmovesfrom onecompany,organization, orplaceto another:
Portfolioinvestmentflowsgenerallyequateto highinterestrates.
a steady/constant flow of sthThecompanyis in theenviablepositionof having nodebtand asteadyflow ofrevenue.
the flow of money/goods/resourcesStateauthoritieswelcomethe flow ofmoneyfrom thoseseekingcitycontracts.
asituationin whichinformationandideasareexchangedbetweencompaniesororganizations:
Improving the flow ofinformationbetweenbuyersandsellersmakesmarketsmoreefficient.
a flow of sthAsharedsenseofcommitmentto aprojectleadsto afreeflow ofideasandinformation.
See also
audience flow
capital flow
cash flow
investment flow
(Definition offlowfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofflow

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The modules are linked by control variables, determined by physical, ecological, and behavioural relationships to define changes that take place in the stocks and flows.
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The number of bird species seen was a strong determinant of revenue flows.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Like costs and timber revenues, carbon flows occurring at different points in time were discounted at 6 per cent per year.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The net investment prices reflect the present value of the future marginal contributions that the capital components make, both as stocks and flows.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The results illustrated major changes in the material flows.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Their focus is, for reasons stated above, on current income flows.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Let us now take into account the difference between the shapes of the streamlines in the gas and fictitious flows.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Theoretical analysis of forming flows of continuous fibre-resin systems.
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P3: computation of the current flows between interacting devices when a set of these devices is fabricated to form a chip.
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Nevertheless, a great deal is now known about behaviour of steady withdrawal flows in reservoirs, with a single free surface above the fluid.
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Investments that provide protection against flooding are often beneficial during normal or low flows.
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However, most of the plants studied have very large water flows, and further increases would lead to higher pumping and other costs.
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Experimental evidence, showing that very highly-curved interfaces can be sustained in driven flows, supports this idea [2, 18].
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Under suitable assumptions, however, our results can be generalized to flows which are additionally driven by a source or sink.
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Using methods from gradient flows, we demonstrate that our unsteady evolution equation for the stream function has a unique solution.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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Collocationswithflow

flow

These are words often used in combination withflow.

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adequate flow
Even should there be proliferation of fibrous tissue the chosen diameter of the stent should guarantee adequate flow to the systemic right atrium.
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annual flow
The end of peat cutting around 1960 meant the end of theannualflowof peat finds which necessitated pollen analytical treatment.
From theCambridge English Corpus
arterial flow
With rewarming, consumption of oxygen increased but was significantly less than baseline values in spite of the renal arterial flow returning to baseline.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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