stream

英 [striːm] 美[strim]

近义词creek brook

复数: streams;第三人称单数: streams;过去式: streamed;过去分词: streamed;现在分词: streaming;

1. stream, steam, seam: 小溪无花是蒸汽，蒸汽无他是缝隙。

stream 小河，溪流，水流，流动，飘扬

来自古英语 stream,小河，溪流，来自 Proto-Germanic*straumaz,水流，溪流，来自 PIE*sreu, 流动，词源同 serum,rheum.双字母-sr-在 Proto-Germanic 扩展为三字母-str-.引申诸相关词义。

stream: stream: [OE] A stream is etymologically something that ‘flows’. The word comes from a prehistoric Germanic *straumaz (source also of German strom, Dutch stroom, Swedish ström, and Danish strøm). This in turn was derived from the Indo-European base *sreu- ‘flow’, which has also given English catarrh, diarrhoea, and rheumatism. Non-Germanic relatives of stream include Polish strumyk ‘brook’ and Sanskrit srotas- ‘stream’.
=> catarrh, diarrhoea, rheumatism
stream (v.): early 13c., "to flow copiously," from stream (n.). Transitive sense "discharge in a stream" is from late 14c. Related: Streamed; streaming. Compare German strömen, Dutch stroomen, Danish strömme, all verbs from nouns.
stream (n.): Old English stream "a course of water," from Proto-Germanic *straumaz (cognates: Old Saxon strom, Old Norse straumr, Danish strøm, Swedish ström, Norwegian straum, Old Frisian stram, Dutch stroom, Old High German stroum, German Strom "current, river"), from PIE root *sreu- "to flow" (see rheum).

From early 12c. as "anything issuing from a source and flowing continuously." Meaning "current in the sea" (as in Gulf Stream) is recorded from late 14c., as is the sense of "steady current in a river." Stream of consciousness in lit crit first recorded 1930, originally in psychology (1855). Stream of thought is from 1890.

1. The tidal stream or current gradually decreases in the shallows.: 浅滩上的潮水逐渐退去。

2. When someone has hayfever, the eyes and nose will stream and itch.: 花粉热临床表现为流泪、流涕，眼睛、鼻子发痒。

3. Businessmen stream into one of Tokyo's main train stations.: 商人不断涌进东京的一个主要火车站。

5. A steady stream of California traffic clogs the air with pollutants.: 加利福尼亚川流不息的车流使空气中充斥着污染物。