flow

单词辨析:

flow stream 【导航词义:流动】
flow v. 流动
〔辨析〕

指液体、气体或电流稳定而持续地运动;也指大量的人或物由某处向另一处流动。

〔例证〕

Air cannot flow freely in this room because all the windows are shut.

这间屋子里的空气无法自由流通,因为所有的窗户都关上了。

Experts have provided some suggestions on how to control the amount of water flowing into this reservoir.

专家们已就如何控制流入该蓄水池的水量给出了一些建议。

Money flowed from aid agencies into the country.

资金从援助机构流入该国。

stream v. 流动,奔流
〔辨析〕

指液体或气体大量涌动;也指大量的人或物接连不断地朝某处运动。

〔例证〕

When she saw her boyfriend coming back safely, tears streamed down her cheeks.

看到男朋友平安回来,泪水顺着她的脸颊往下流。

Hurry up! Water has already streamed out of the burst pipe and onto the floor.

快点!水已经从爆裂的水管涌出,淌到地板上了。

People streamed across the street.

街上行人川流不息。

相关例句:

The square was packed, and the cobbled streets flowed with coloured petals.

广场上挤满了人,鹅卵石铺就的街道上满是五颜六色的花朵。

The wine flowed and we danced the night away

我们喝了很多酒,跳了一个晚上的舞。

In the endless flow of absolute truth there are innumerable relative truths.

在绝对真理的长河中有无数相对真理。

We are keeping our head above water, but our cash flow position is not too good.

我们正努力避免陷入困境,但我们的现金流动情况不太好。

There's nothing I can do about the problem, so I might as well go with the flow.

关于这个问题我无能为力,所以我不如就顺其自然好了。

Aspirin thins the blood, letting it flow more easily through narrowed blood vessels.

阿司匹林可以稀释血液,使其在变窄的血管里更顺畅地流动。