flow

詳細解釋：

flow

v.（動詞）
flowed,flow.ing,flows
v.intr.（不及物動詞）

To move or run smoothly with unbroken continuity, as in the manner characteristic of a fluid.
流，流動：如同有了液體特性似的連續不斷地移動或流淌
To issue in a stream; pour forth:
向前流：湧向小溪；奔涌而出：
例句：
Sap flowed from the gash in the tree.
樹液從樹的切口處湧出

To circulate, as the blood in the body.
循環：如身體中的血液循環
To move with a continual shifting of the component particles:
流動：隨成份微粒的不斷變化而移動：
例句：
wheat flowing into the bin; traffic flowing through the tunnel.
小麥流入斗中；隧道中車輛川流不息

To proceed steadily and easily:
順暢：穩健而輕鬆地進行：
例句：
The preparations flowed smoothly.
準備工作順利地進行

To exhibit a smooth or graceful continuity:
流暢：顯示出柔順優雅的連續性：
例句：
The cadence of the poem flowed gracefully.
這首詩的韻律優美流暢

To hang loosely and gracefully:
垂掛：鬆散而優雅地懸掛：
例句：
The cape flowed from his shoulders.
斗篷披垂掛在他的肩上

To rise. Used of the tide.
漲潮：漲起。用於描繪漲潮
To arise; derive:
從…出來；出自：
例句：
Several conclusions flow from this hypothesis.
幾個結論都出自他的假設

To abound or teem:
充滿：富於或聚集於：
例句：
coffers flowing with treasure.
塞滿寶物的保險箱

To stream copiously; flood:
泛濫：漲滿了河水；淹沒：
例句：
Contributions flowed in from all parts of the country.
從全國各地紛涌而至的捐助

To menstruate.
月經來潮
To undergo plastic deformation without cracking or breaking. Used of rocks, metals, or minerals.
變形：不經壓碎或打破而產生的人為損壞或變形。用於岩石、金屬或礦物質
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To release as a flow:
流出：象流水一樣的放出：
例句：
trees flowing thin sap.
流出少量汁液的樹

To cause to flow:
使流動：
例句：
.One of the real keys to success is developing a system where you can flow traffic to yourselves.(Marc Klee)
.打開成功之門的真正鑰匙就是發展一個系統：通過它，你們可以把知識源源不斷地輸入自己的心靈.(馬克·克萊)

n.（名詞）

The act of flowing.
流動：流動的行為
The smooth motion characteristic of fluids.
流動：液體具有特色的平穩移動性

A stream or current.
溪流，潮流
A flood or an overflow.
洪水，洪水泛濫
A residual mass that has stopped flowing:
停止流動的殘餘物：
例句：
a hardened lava flow.
變硬的滯流熔岩

A continuous output or outpouring:
滔滔不絕：不斷的產出或湧出：
例句：
a flow of ideas; produced a steady flow of articles and stories.
蜂擁而來的念頭；源源不絕的創作和故事

A continuous movement or circulation:
川流不息：連續的移動或循環：
例句：
the flow of traffic; a flow of paperwork across his desk.
川流不息的交通；他辦公桌上永無休止的檔案

The amount that flows in a given period of time.
流量：在一定期限內的流量
The rising of the tide.
漲潮
Continuity and smoothness of appearance.
（外觀的）持續流暢：外表的連續性和順滑性
A general movement or tendency:
潮流，趨向：一個普遍的運動或趨勢：
例句：
As the lone dissenter in the group, she was going against the flow of opinion.
在這個團體裡作為一名孤獨的反對者，她正在逆思潮而為

The sequence in which operations are performed.
進行操作的連續
An apparent ease or effortlessness of performance:
安逸，從容不迫：明顯的輕鬆或毫不費力的進行：
例句：
.An athlete must learn toforget the details of his or her training to achieve the instinctive sense of flow that characterizes a champion. (Frederick Turner)
.一名運動員必須學會忘記 他或她訓練的細節，以獲得一個冠軍所特有的那種從容不迫的特質. (弗雷德里克·特納)

Menstrual discharge.
月經來潮

來源：
Middle English flouen
中古英文 flouen
from Old English flôwan * see pleu-
源自 古英文 flôwan *參見 pleu-

【引伸】
flow.ingly
adv.（副詞）
<參考辭彙><同義詞>flow,current,flood,flux,rush,stream,tideThe central meaning shared by these nouns is .something suggestive of running water.:
這些名詞共的有中心意思是.某種讓人聯想起流水的東西.：
例句：
a flow of thought;
不斷湧現的想法；

例句：
the current of history;
歷史的潮流；

例句：
a flood of ideas;
不斷冒出的主意；

例句：
a flux of words;
泛濫的作品；

例句：
a rush of sympathy;
突涌的同情；

例句：
a stream of complaints;
喋喋不休的埋怨；

例句：
a tide of immigration. See also Synonyms at stem
移民潮 參見同義詞 stem