flow

流，流动；流过

（衣服、头发）飘拂

流入

流出；流入

流速

流量

flow

流程, 流动, (河水)泛滥, 洋溢

流动, 涌流, 川流不息, 飘扬

溢过, 淹没

flow

1. the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)

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2. the amount of fluid that flows in a given time

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3. the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression

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4. any uninterrupted stream or discharge

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5. something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously; "a stream of people emptied from the terminal"; "the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors"

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6. dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas; "two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history"

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7. the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause; "the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation"; "a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped"--Hippocrates; "the semen begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same time of life that the catamenia begin to flow in females"--Aristotle

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1. move or progress freely as if in a stream; "The crowd flowed out of the stadium"

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2. move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"

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3. cause to flow; "The artist flowed the washes on the paper"

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4. be abundantly present; "The champagne flowed at the wedding"

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5. fall or flow in a certain way; "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back"

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6. cover or swamp with water

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7. undergo menstruation; "She started menstruating at the age of 11"

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