• n. 溪流；流動；潮流；光線
• vi. 流；涌進；飄揚
• vt. 流出；涌出；使飄動

來自古英語 stream,小河，溪流，來自 Proto-Germanic*straumaz,水流，溪流，來自 PIE*sreu, 流動，詞源同 serum,rheum.雙字母-sr-在 Proto-Germanic 擴展為三字母-str-.引申諸相關詞義。

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 str?m, and Danish str?m). 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 str?men, Dutch stroomen, Danish str?mme, 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 str?m, Swedish str?m, 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.

淺灘上的潮水逐漸退去。

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2. When someone has hayfever, the eyes and nose will stream and itch.

花粉熱臨床表現為流淚、流涕，眼睛、鼻子發(fā)癢。

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3. Businessmen stream into one of Tokyo's main train stations.

商人不斷涌進東京的一個主要火車站。

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4. There was a small stream at the end of the garden.

花園的盡頭有一條小河。

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5. A steady stream of California traffic clogs the air with pollutants.

加利福尼亞川流不息的車流使空氣中充斥著污染物。

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