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.
实用例句
1. The tidal stream or current gradually decreases in the shallows.
浅滩上的潮水逐渐退去。
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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。
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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。
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4. There was a small stream at the end of the garden.
花园的尽头有一条小河。
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5. A steady stream of California traffic clogs the air with pollutants.
