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stream
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🇺🇸 /stɹˈim/
stream的核心意思是“连续流动的水或其他东西”,也可指这种流动形成的路线、信息流,以及在线连续播放或传送。
💡 记忆钩子
想象一条不断向前流的河:水流是最初的stream,气流、话语、数据和视频也都能像河水一样连续通过;因此它还可以表示某条思想路线、数据通道,或“在线播放”这种让内容持续流到你面前的过程。
📝 学习建议
- 先掌握“溪流”和“连续流动”这条主线,再记数字媒体中的“在线播放”;不要把stream只理解成“直播”,因为它也常指点播内容的连续传送。
- stream作动词时通常强调内容正在持续传送或播放,不一定表示正在现场直播。
📖 中文释义
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rare 姓氏📖 Stream也可以是英语姓氏,这时只是家族名称,不表示水流或媒体播放。💡 通常放在人名中使用,例如“某人的姓是Stream”。不要因为它看起来像普通名词,就把姓氏用法改译成“河流”。
Streams
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core 小河;溪流📖 指有河岸、持续流动的自然水道,通常比river小,但可以比普通的小溪更宽或更深。💡 常用“a stream”“a mountain stream”或“across the stream”等搭配。它通常是可数名词,不能在泛指一条具体溪流时直接省略冠词。不要把所有河流都叫stream;较大的水道通常称为river。We followed the stream through the forest.我们沿着溪流穿过森林。The children built a small bridge over the stream.孩子们在小溪上搭了一座小桥。
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common 流动的水📖 在科学或较概括的语境中,stream可以泛指正在流动的水,不只是一条具体的小河。💡 常出现在讨论水循环、河流系统等内容的语境中,通常需要上下文说明是哪一种水流。这个用法比“溪流”更概括,日常对话中若指具体水道,优先使用s1的理解。The map shows several streams flowing into the lake.地图显示有几股水流汇入湖中。
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common 细流📖 指液体从容器或开口中连续而细地流出,重点是“形成一股不断的细流”。💡 常用“a thin stream of liquid”或“pour something in a stream”。它强调连续流出,不只是几滴液体;描述大量液体时可改用flow或pour。She poured the sauce in a thin stream over the salad.她把酱汁细细地淋在沙拉上。
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common 水流;流势📖 指水移动的力量或方向,也就是水流本身带来的推动作用。💡 常见于“against the stream”“with the stream”等结构,分别表示逆流和顺流。这里不是指一条具体的溪流,而是指水的流动方向或力量。It was difficult to swim against the stream.逆着水流游泳很困难。
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core 连续流;一连串📖 从水流引申为任何持续不断、接连通过的东西,例如声音、话语、空气、信号或负面言论。💡 最常用的结构是“a stream of + 名词”,如“a stream of messages”。它可用于中性或负面的连续事物,但不能简单替代表示数量很多的“a lot of”;重点是连续不断地出现。A steady stream of visitors entered the museum.参观者络绎不绝地进入博物馆。
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common 流派;路线📖 把连续的水流比作思想、宗教或做事方式中的一条路线,因此表示某个体系里的分支或流派。💡 常用“a stream of + 学说或思想领域”表示某一流派。它是比喻用法,通常需要说明所属的大领域;不要机械理解为真正的水道。figurativelyThis book examines a new stream of environmental thought.这本书研究了一种新的环保思想流派。
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common 数据流📖 在计算机中,stream是按先后顺序不断读入或写出的数据通道,像数据沿着一条管道持续通过。💡 常见于“a stream of data”或“read from/write to a stream”等技术结构。这里强调数据按顺序传输,不一定表示用户正在观看或收听;初学者不要把它和媒体播放的s8混为一谈。The program reads the file as a stream of data.程序把文件作为数据流读取。
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core 在线播放内容📖 指音乐、视频等数字内容以连续方式传到设备上,用户可以立即播放,而不必先完整下载。💡 常见于“a video stream”“music streaming”或“stream something online”。它既可指传送过程,也可指正在播放的内容;不要自动把它理解成现场直播,现场直播通常要看上下文。The movie is available as a stream on the service.这部电影可以在该服务上在线播放。
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common 能力分班📖 在英国教育语境中,stream可指学校按学习能力划分的班组或学习路线。💡 通常用“the A stream”“the top stream”或“place students in different streams”。这是英国教育用法,其他英语地区可能更常用set或track;看到A stream时不要理解为一条水流。UKShe was placed in the top stream for mathematics.她被分到了数学能力最强的班。
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common 思路;谈话方向📖 把连续流动的水引申为连续展开的想法或谈话,因此可指一条思路或讨论方向。💡 常见于“a stream of thought”以及“switch streams”等表达。这个用法多见于讨论、写作或较随意的交流中;要表示突然换话题,通常需要搭配switch或change,而不是单独说stream。That question interrupted my stream of thought.那个问题打断了我的思路。
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core 流动📖 指液体或类似液体的东西持续、稳定地向前流动,是名词“水流”意义的直接动词化。💡 通常用作不及物动词,如“water streams down the hill”。表示具体液体从某处流出时,也可用“stream from/out of + 地点”;不要把它和表示一次性倾倒的pour混用。intransitiveRainwater streamed down the window.雨水顺着窗户流下来。Tears streamed down his face.泪水不停地流过他的脸。
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common 飘动;拖曳📖 指旗帜、头发、衣物等在风中向后延伸并飘动,仿佛被风拉成一股流。💡 常用“stream in the wind”或“stream behind someone/something”。主语通常是旗帜、头发、烟雾等能随风延展的东西;不要用它泛指所有轻微摆动。intransitiveThe flag streamed in the strong wind.旗帜在强风中飘扬。
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common 流出📖 指液体,尤其是血液,从伤口或其他开口处连续大量流出。💡 通常用“something streams from/out of + 地点”,也可用“streaming with + 液体”。这个用法带有连续流出的画面感;若只是少量渗出,通常不使用stream。transitiveBlood was streaming from the cut on his arm.血正从他手臂上的伤口不断流出。
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core 在线播放;串流传送📖 指服务器把音乐、视频等连续数据传到用户设备,让内容在传送过程中就能播放。💡 常用“stream music/video”或“stream something to a device”。它强调在线连续传送,不一定表示直播;若强调用户在观看,常说“stream a movie”,若强调服务器传送,则可说“stream data”。InternetWe streamed the concert to our television.我们把这场音乐会在线播放到电视上观看。You can stream the album without downloading it.你可以在线播放这张专辑,不必把它下载下来。
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common 直播📖 指通过网络进行现场直播,让观众实时看到或听到正在发生的内容。💡 常用“stream live”或“stream an event live”,也可说“stream on a platform”。它比一般的stream更明确地表示实时直播;不要把普通在线播放自动说成直播。InternetThe band will stream the show live tonight.乐队今晚会在线直播演出。
streams
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streaming
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streamed
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streamed
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📘 英文释义 (WordNet)
共 10 组
exude profusely;
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stream
She was streaming with sweat
His nose streamed blood
上位: exudate, exude, ooze, ooze out, transude
the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
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flow
stream
上位: motion, move, movement
下位: flood, outpouring, overflow, release, spill, spillage
move in large numbers;
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pour
swarm
stream
teem
pullulate
people were pouring out of the theater
beggars pullulated in the plaza
上位: crowd, crowd together
flow freely and abundantly
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stream
well out
Tears streamed down her face
上位: course, feed, flow, run
下位: spin
to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind
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stream
their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind
上位: be adrift, blow, drift, float
rain heavily
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pour
pelt
stream
rain cats and dogs
rain buckets
Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!
上位: rain, rain down
下位: sheet
a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes); ;
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current
stream
the raft floated downstream on the current
he felt a stream of air
the hose ejected a stream of water
上位: flow, flowing
下位: eddy, maelstrom, torrent, twist, violent stream, vortex, whirlpool
dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas; ; ;
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stream
flow
current
two streams of development run through American history
stream of consciousness
the flow of thought
the current of history
上位: course, line
a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
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stream
watercourse
上位: body of water, water
下位: branch, brook, creek, rill, river, rivulet, run, runnel, streamlet
something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously;
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stream
flow
a stream of people emptied from the terminal
the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors
上位: motion
🌳 词源
源自古英语strēam,最初指“水流、河流”,与“流动”的词根有关。
From Middle English streem, strem, from Old English strēam, from Proto-West Germanic *straum, from Proto-Germanic *straumaz (“stream”), from Proto-Indo-European *srowmos (“river”), from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow”). Doublet of rheum.
Cognate with Scots strem, streme, streym (“stream, river”), North Frisian Stroom, struum (“stream”), West Frisian stream (“stream”), Low German Stroom (“stream”), Dutch stroom (“current, flow, stream”), German Strom (“current, stream”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål strøm (“current, stream, flow”), Norwegian Nynorsk straum (“current, stream, flow”), Swedish ström (“current, stream, flow”), Faroese streymur (“stream”), Icelandic straumur (“current, stream, torrent, flood”), Ancient Greek ῥεῦμα (rheûma, “stream, flow”), Lithuanian srovė (“current, stream”) Polish strumień (“stream”), Welsh ffrwd (“stream, current”), Scottish Gaelic sruth (“stream”).
🔄 变式
streamed
past
streaming
present
Streams
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