flow from + place/source
Water flows from the tap.
水从水龙头流出。
流畅;顺畅;飘垂;飘拂;充满;大量涌流;涨潮;使流动;让…流
To move or pass along continuously, as a liquid; to come out or proceed from somewhere.
像流体一样从一个位置移动到另一个位置。
To move as a fluid from one position to another.
前进;流出;发出。
To proceed; to issue forth; to emanate.
平滑、优雅或连续地移动或匹配。
To move or match smoothly, gracefully, or continuously.
大量拥有或存在;充盈以致溢出。
To have or be in abundance; to abound, so as to run or flow over.
松散地垂下并摆动。
To hang loosely and wave.
涨潮;与退潮相对。
To rise, as the tide; opposed to ebb.
编排(如文字处理软件中的文本)使其整齐地换行到指定空间;重新排版。
To arrange (text in a wordprocessor, etc.) so that it wraps neatly into a designated space; to reflow.
使(液体)流动。
To allow (a liquid) to flow.
用水或其他液体覆盖;溢出;淹没;泛滥。
To cover with water or other liquid; to overflow; to inundate; to flood.
涂上清漆。
To cover with varnish.
子宫出血过多。
To discharge excessive blood from the uterus.
一般现在时
The river flows through the city.
这条河穿过城市。
一般过去时
Water flowed from the broken pipe.
水从破裂的管道流出。
现在进行时
Traffic is flowing smoothly today.
今天交通流畅。
规则动词:flow-flowed-flowed。注意过去式和过去分词均加-ed。
The river flows gently through the valley.
这条河缓缓流过山谷。
用法提示:动词flow表示河水的持续流动
Traffic flows smoothly on the new highway.
新车道上交通畅通无阻。
用法提示:动词flow表示交通顺畅地移动
Her long hair flowed down her back as she walked.
她走路时,长发飘垂在背上。
用法提示:动词flowed表示头发自由地垂下飘动
Water flows from the tap.
水从水龙头流出。
The river flows into the sea.
这条河流入大海。
Blood flows through veins.
血液流经静脉。
stream 强调液体或人群朝一个方向持续流动,比 flow 更有方向感,但在多数情况下可互换。
run 多用于口语,常指水、眼泪等自然流动;正式或抽象语境中不如 flow 自然。
pour 强调大量液体快速泻出或倒出,速度快、量大;若指平缓流动则不宜使用。
gush 指液体猛烈喷涌而出,带有突然、有力的含义,不能描述缓慢平稳的流动。
grammar · medium
易错句子The river flown quickly.
正确表达The river flowed quickly.
错误地把规则动词'flow'的过去式当成了不规则动词,仿照'blow'的过去分词'blown'而误用为'flown',实际上'flow'的过去式是规则变化'flowed'。
grammar · medium
易错句子The water flows in the bottle.
正确表达The water flows into the bottle.
在表示'流入'方向时,错误地使用了介词'in',而正确的介词是'into','in'表示在内部流动,不表示从外部进入。
针对 flow 的“涨潮”义项(与退潮相对),ebb 意为“退潮”。二者仅在潮水涨落语境中互为反义,不可用于一般液体流动。
针对 flow 的“(液体)流动”义项,stagnate 意为“停滞”,强调液体不流动并可能变质。两者相反,但 stagnate 含有变污浊的隐含意义,不能完全替代 stop。
flow 指液体流动;flower 指植物开花或花朵,同音但意义不同
flow 强调连续移动;float 强调停留在流体表面不下沉
flow 的过去式是 flowed(规则变化);flew 是 fly 的过去式,发音相似但意义和词性不同
流过;流经
The river flows through the city.
这条河流经这座城市。
流入
The Nile flows into the Mediterranean Sea.
尼罗河流入地中海。
从…流出
Blood flowed out of the wound.
血从伤口流出。
流畅地进行
The conversation flowed smoothly.
谈话进行得很顺畅。
自由流动;畅通无阻
Once the dam opened, water flowed freely downstream.
水坝一旦打开,水就顺畅地向下游流去。
像水一样源源不断
The wine flowed like water at the party.
聚会上酒像水一样源源不断。
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随大流;顺其自然
I don't have a fixed plan; I'll just go with the flow.
我没有固定计划;顺其自然就好。
起伏;盛衰消长
You have to accept the ebb and flow of life.
你得接受人生的起起落落。
大量地;源源不断
At the party, the wine flowed like water.
聚会上,葡萄酒像水一样源源不断。
万物流转,无物常住。
Heraclitus famously said that everything flows and nothing stays the same.
赫拉克利特曾说过,万物皆流,无物常驻。
水可以流动,也可以猛烈冲击。做水吧,我的朋友。
Bruce Lee taught that water can flow or it can crash, so be flexible like water.
李小龙教导说,水可以流动,也可以猛烈冲击,所以要像水一样灵活。
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