Word · Frequency #347
course
（液体）流动；奔流
To run or flow, especially of liquids such as blood.
- 1.
To run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood).
流动(尤指液体,特别是血液)。
- 2.
To run through or over.
跑过；穿过
- 3.
To pursue by tracking or estimating the course taken by one's prey; to follow or chase after.
追踪；追捕
- 4.
To cause to chase after or pursue game.
使追逐猎物
流过；穿越；追猎；追寻；放（狗等）追猎；驱使追逐；流动(尤指液体,特别是血液)。；跑过；穿过
In use
She is coursing a biology course this term.
They are coursing several language courses simultaneously.
He has coursed all the required courses for his major.
Verb forms
base course · third person courses · -ing coursing · past coursed · past participle coursed
规则动词，意为‘流动；迅速移动’
Connections
Collocations
- blood coursing through veins
- 血液在血管中奔流
- She could feel the blood coursing through her veins.她能感到血液在血管中奔流。
- tears coursing down one's cheeks
- 泪水顺着脸颊流下
- Tears were coursing down her cheeks.泪水顺着她的脸颊流下。
- water coursing over rocks
- 水流过岩石
- We heard water coursing over the rocks.我们听到水流过岩石的声音。
- course the hare
- 追猎野兔
- The greyhounds coursed the hare across the field.灵缇在田野上追猎野兔。
Idioms & figurative uses
- of course
- 当然Of course you can come with us.你当然可以跟我们来。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象血液在血管里奔流（course），像赛车在跑道上飞驰——course既指跑道，也指流动。记住：跑的路线是course，液体跑起来也是course。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：文学或正式叙事中描写液体流动、猎犬追捕猎物或野外狩猎场合 作动词时，course 通常用于书面或文学语境，例如描写泪水、血液快速流动；猎犬追猎的用法也常见于正式或专业叙述，日常口语中使用较少。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这里按美式读音 course /kɔrs/。同韵的词：force /fɔrs/、source /sɔrs/、coarse /kɔrs/、horse /hɔrs/、hoarse /hɔrs/、endorse /ɪnˈdɔrs/。注意 coarse 与 course 读音相同但拼写不同；拼写相似的 court /kɔrt/ 发音不同（结尾是 /t/），不要混淆。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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