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flow from + place/source
Water flows from the tap.
水从水龙头流出。
流动；流出；涌出
flowing — present participle of flow
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
流动；流出；涌出
To move or pass along continuously, as a liquid; to come out or proceed from somewhere.
Water flows from the tap.
水从水龙头流出。
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.
flow
Base
原形
flows
3rd person
第三人称单数
flowing
-ing
现在分词
flowed
Past
过去式
flowed
Past participle
过去分词
The river flows through the city.
这条河穿过城市。
Water flowed from the broken pipe.
水从破裂的管道流出。
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。
Traffic flows smoothly on the new highway.
新车道上交通畅通无阻。
Her long hair flowed down her back as she walked.
她走路时，长发飘垂在背上。
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。
Not this
The river flown quickly.
Use this
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'。
Not this
The water flows in the bottle.
Use this
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。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
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。
Use flowing naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
flow 可拆成 f + low：f 像弯曲的水流，low 是低处，水往低处流，记住 flow 的“流动”。
语域：neutral 常见场景：describing a river or liquid moving、describing traffic or people moving smoothly、everyday descriptive writing 表示液体或人流等顺畅移动时，flow 通常为中性表达，日常口语和书面描写都比较常见；在正式或文学性文字中也很自然，不显随意。实际语气取决于搭配和语境。
作不及物动词时，常与into/through/from等介词连用表示方向；作及物动词时较少用，意为‘使流动’。
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